masturbations
Private self-gratification sessions
Masturbations is the plural of masturbation, the act of sexually stimulating one's own genitals for pleasure.
The plural appears in clinical or academic contexts discussing multiple instances or types: The study documented masturbations among adolescent males.
In casual speech, the singular form covers both individual acts and the practice generally.
Sexual self-stimulation
- stimulationEvoking a response
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- orgasmPeak sexual pleasure
- releaseTo let go
ejaculation · climax · touching · stroking · edging · sensation · gratification · manual
Self-stimulation for pleasure
- healthyIn good physical condition
- normalConforming to standard
- sexualityErotic nature and preferences
- frequencyRate of recurrence
compulsive · excessive · dysfunction · urologist · sexologist · libido · hormones · prostate
Cultural or social prohibition
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- sinViolation of divine law
morality · religion · prohibition · abstinence · purity · repression · acceptance · normalization
Excessive yielding to desires
- navel-gazingExcessive inward contemplation
- egoOne's self-image
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
futility · pointlessness · waste · unproductive · intellectual · mental · creative · exercise
self-pleasure
Sexual self-stimulation
- stimulationEvoking a response
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- orgasmPeak sexual pleasure
release · ejaculation · climax · touching · stroking · edging · sensation · gratification · manual · genital
autoeroticism
Self-stimulation for pleasure
frequency · compulsive · excessive · dysfunction · urologist · sexologist · libido · hormones · prostate · pelvic
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
sin · morality · religion · prohibition · abstinence · purity · repression · acceptance · normalization · openness
self-indulgence
Excessive yielding to desires
- navel-gazingExcessive inward contemplation
- egoOne's self-image
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
narcissism · futility · pointlessness · waste · unproductive · intellectual · mental · creative · exercise · hollow
masturbationssexual intercourse
Bodily union between partners
lovemaking · intercourse · coitus · copulation · fornication
masturbationssexual abstinence
Forgoing carnal relations voluntarily
celibacy · abstinence · chastity · continence · self-denial
- mutual masturbationPartners stimulating themselves alongside
- mental masturbationUnproductive intellectual exercise