by Fergus » Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:58 pmReaders of my blog and various website postings will know that I not only practice masturbation seriously, but think critically about it. I have just been musing about how there are different classes, or maybe I should say levels of masturbation.
Level One – Caveman
This is when you are doing it because your hormones are driving you to it. Full erection is instant, triggered only by opportunity. Sessions are short and aimed at achieving orgasm. Pleasure is a given, but is not pursued with any sophistication.
I think most of us start out this way, age eleven or twelve. Once we have discovered masturbation we want to do it every chance we get.
Level Two – Sweet and Simple
The next step up, evolutionarily, is when we start to optimize the pleasure and enjoy the journey as well as the destination. Masturbation sessions get longer and cumming is not the sole purpose, we are enjoying the act of stroking our erect penises.
A key factor in my categorization is that at this stage we are not using any external stimuli such as porn. In my earliest days I didn’t know anything about sex, just that masturbation felt good and it was a thrill to climax.
I have periodically enjoyed this level of sex ever since. Usually it has been due to circumstances such as the unavailability of any sort of porn. But sometimes it is just acting on impulse, I simply want to have sex with myself. Masturbating without porn or other external input is all about the joy and pleasure of stroking, the mind empty. There have been some notable occasions when I masturbated for hours with no erotic thoughts at all, just me and the nerve endings in my genitalia.
Level Three – Wanking with Simple Erotic Media
For most of this is the daily reality, masturbating while looking at porn. Guys my age started with rather tame girly magazines, progressed to hard core photos, then films and videotapes, and now digital sources. It is seldom truly spontaneous, we start by selecting material that excites us. The continuous input of erotic imagery works somewhat mysteriously to intensify and prolong the masturbational experience. Good porn can keep a dedicated masturbator going for many hours.
I emphasize simple here because I am referring to easily obtainable unspecialized material, everyday wanking media. Years ago it was tit magazines, now it is more likely to be on-line videos of people fucking.
Level Four – Connisseur’s Media
A slight escalation from the last level, this is where the wanker has researched and compiled specialized material that works particularly well for him.
We all have personal libraries of this stuff, boxes of old magazines in the garage, hard drives of photos and videos, on-line archives. Some of it is simple erotica, but this is where we begin to specialize, finding kinky and unusual subjects that give us that extra bit of horniness.
Level Five – Devices
Masturbation is easily accomplished with no more than one hand, but almost everyone experiments with toys or aids. This can be a simple upgrade from the hand-job experience to a masturbation sleeve, or can expand the areas of stimulation to include the anus, rectum, and prostate. Anal sessions may be non-penile in focus, but prostate stimulation can at its best produce a first-rate orgasm in which the penis plays only a peripheral role.
Frequently the various possibilities are coordinated so that anal/rectal/prostate stimulation works along with penile erection and stimulation.
Level Six – Beyond Consumerism
At Level Four we are discovering or buying the particular sorts of erotica that work best for us – the next level is to actively create our own sexual stimulants. This ranges from watching ourself in a mirror to finding on-line friends we can masturbate with. We may also create our own porn, take erotic pictures and videos of ourselves or others. To add extra kick we can dress up in lingerie or invent scenarios and act them out.
Top Level – Synthesis
Maybe some guys go through life at Level Three, masturbating with easily obtainable porn. But any man who is serious about recreational sex, especially the solo variety, is going to enjoy it at all these levels. One day he may wake up with morning wood and work it for half an hour with nothing at all on his mind. Another day he may enjoy a careful selection of specialized porn and play with himself for hours.
Some of us even set up sex dates with ourselves and make elaborate preparations. I have checked into hotels with suitcases filled with digital and video cameras, tripods, lights, remote controls, dildos, vibrators, prostate massagers, lace panties, crotchless panties, stockings, garter belts, high heel shoes, teddies, and breast forms. Plus of course lotions, lubes, and pharmaceuticals. Sometimes I play my games all by myself, but even better I have lined up a buddy sharing my interests with his own camera and gear.
A session like this may be elaborate, but really it is still just masturbation.
Source: (31) Levels of Masturbation – Onania Masturbator Forum