Masturbation should be conceived of as a positive expression, as opposed to a necessary evil, as is the case with the more popular notion with which our culture is far less comfortable. For masturbation is pleasurable, can be a prelude to pleasure, a great learning experience, and the occasion for personal delight. It is a release of personal gratification that naturally satisfies our bodies on several different levels.

First, a basic notion, one drilled into many of us from youth, must be overcome: that we should feel guilty for masturbating. The young especially have been inundated with uncountable and unreasonable arguments against masturbation pretty much since people learned how to tell each other what to do. These arguments have largely evolved from overreaching religious dogmatisms and have little to do with the realities of our bodies' daily functions. Which is important to keep in mind when in the shadow of shameful thoughts.

How Frequent is Too Frequent? Masturbating is not cheating. It is a healthy doctor approved and sometimes recommended (with some caveats) practice among both men and women. So how often can and do people masturbate? For males, nearly 60% of men admit to masturbating at least once per day. For some males, lower frequency may not imply less desire, but simply less opportunity.

Is masturbation a sin? Resistance to masturbation is not just a Christian fabrication. The western Greeks and Romans and the eastern Taoists, while acknowledging the practice, generally frowned upon it as an inferior waste of a man's vital energies and talents. But for unadulterated opposition to masturbation, one has to turn to the Judaeo-Christian tradition.

Masturbation is something that most people have engaged in. The shame or lack of shame towards it depends on your attitude and perception of it. Enjoying it something that cannot be taught with technique. Enjoyment comes from your willingness to accept it. You have to answer the questions to your objections before you begin. Once you have settled those doubts you can then engage in the basic techniques.