69 creative ways to have sex with yourself

May is Masturbation Month and in honor of it I'm going to let you all in on a little secret that I 100 percent believe to be the ultimate truth. Ready? Masturbation is the key to saving the world's problems. Oh! Yes! It is.

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Masturbation relieves stress, gets out our pent-up frustrations, cures headaches and menstrual cramps, makes people happy, and can bring on labor for those who need to get the baby out. If we all had more self-love, we'd be doing more deep breaths in and slow breaths out and positively altering the air we give our plants. Heck, maybe if Osama masturbated more, he wouldn't have ended up as fish food and instead put his influence to good use to end illegal whaling and save the ecosystem like Captain Paul Watson. Lofty? Oh I know. But a girl can dream.

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So in the spirit of saving the world's problems (and probably many of your own), one self-given orgasm at time, I will share with you 69 different ways to pleasure yourself. Happy masturbating!

  1. Alone

  2. With a friend of the same sex

  3. With a friend of the opposite sex

  4. In front of a mirror

  5. While sitting over the engine in the back of the bus

  6. During the spin cycle of your washing machine

  7. With your hands

  8. With a vibrator

  9. With the back of a spoon

  10. With only pressure on your clitoris

  11. Anally

  12. Vaginally

  13. A combo of 10, 11, and 12

  14. The minute you wake up in a groggy way

  15. Right before you go to sleep in a lullaby way

  16. When you wake up in the middle of the night in a comforting way

  17. In the shower in a wet and clean way

  18. Using the pulsating water from shower head

  19. Using the rush of the water from the bath faucet

  20. With your mind

  21. Wearing a blindfold

  22. Under the covers

  23. Totally naked

  24. In lingerie

  25. While at work in an 'eff' the system kind of way

  26. Wearing tight jeans and wiggling around in them

  27. In a fitting room in an "oh I look good in this outfit" kind of way

  28. In a public bathroom in a desperate way

  29. In the back of a cab in a sexy way

  30. After you've had some wine

  31. After you've had some whiskey

  32. After you've had some beer

  33. Straddling an armchair

  34. With your right hand

  35. With your left hand

  36. With both hands

  37. With one finger

  38. With your knuckle

  39. With the palm of your hand

  40. With your wrist

  41. Using lube

  42. Using your saliva as lube

  43. Outside

  44. Standing up

  45. Lying down, facing up

  46. Lying down, facing down

  47. Sitting

  48. Doggie style with your arm reaching behind you

  49. With the lights on

  50. With the lights off

  51. While watching porn

  52. While staring at a photo of your dream guy or girl

  53. By nipple stimulation only

  54. Loudly

  55. Quietly

  56. While breathing heavy

  57. Using circular motions

  58. By tapping your clitoris

  59. By putting different but continuous pressure on your clitoris

  60. Against a pillow

  61. While getting a back massage

  62. During a pedicure

  63. Using the stop and go method -- taking yourself to the brink of orgasm, stopping, then starting again

  64. Having a quickie with yourself by keeping the intensity high from the start

  65. While riding a bike

  66. During kegels

  67. While kissing someone

  68. With two fingers making a "V" around your clitoris

  69. By pressing your thighs together in a rhythmic motion

Get creative, people! There are a lot of ways to pleasure yourself, and May has just begun.

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How many of these have you done? Can you add any more?


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Written by Michele Zipp for CafeMom's blog, The Stir.

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