masturbation
Private sexual release
Masturbation is sexual stimulation of one's own genitals, typically to orgasm.
The practice is nearly universal among humans.
Chronic masturbation suggests excessive frequency, though what counts as excessive is subjective.
The verb is masturbate; the slang clipping is bate.
Peak sexual pleasure
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
stimulation · ejaculation · pleasure · genitals · erogenous · self-pleasure · autoeroticism · solo
Conforming to standard
- safeFree from peril
- stress-reliefReduction of mental tension
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- prostateMale reproductive gland
hormones · tension · wellness · frequency · moderation · benefits · self-exploration · anatomy
Unable to stop oneself
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
- pornSexually explicit media
- dependencyState of needing support
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
triggers · cravings · therapy · dopamine · overstimulation · abstinence · habit · withdrawal
Painful awareness of failure
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
repression · morality · sin · dirty · forbidden · private · confession · denial
orgasm
Peak sexual pleasure
fantasy · stimulation · ejaculation · pleasure · genitals · erogenous · self-pleasure · autoeroticism · solo · intimacy
normal
Conforming to standard
- safeFree from peril
- stress-reliefReduction of mental tension
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
prostate · hormones · tension · wellness · frequency · moderation · benefits · self-exploration · anatomy · education
compulsive
Unable to stop oneself
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
- pornSexually explicit media
- dependencyState of needing support
recovery · triggers · cravings · therapy · dopamine · overstimulation · abstinence · habit · withdrawal · problematic
shame
Painful awareness of failure
embarrassment · repression · morality · sin · dirty · forbidden · private · confession · denial · cultural
- taboostaboo, incest, cannibalism, bestiality, necrophilia
- male sexualitypenis, erection, testicles, libido, ejaculation
- sex edsex education, sex ed, puberty, consent education, contraception
- intimacykiss, hug, embrace, closeness, snuggling
- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
- sexual sinsfornication, adultery, lust, lechery, lewdness
masturbationintercourse
Communication or sexual connection
sexual intercourse · coitus · copulation · lovemaking · sex
masturbationabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · chastity · sexual abstinence · continence · self-restraint
- mutual masturbationPartners stimulating themselves alongside
- mental masturbationUnproductive intellectual exercise