Is this normal? - Sexual Health - Men Message Board

jimx · 08-13-2003, 12:25 PM

I first masturbated when I was 18. i.e that was my first orgasm, I only had wet dreams up to then. And it was really voluntary masturbaion either, I didn't make a conscious descision to masturbate - my body just seem to get into the mode while I was in bed. It's only in recent years when I hear stories about boys masturbating at the age of 12 that I realise how late I was. Is this abnormal?

sdp2 · 08-13-2003, 12:45 PM

Why would it be abnormal? You don't HAVE to masturbate as a teen, adult or ever. People just do because it feels good.

gwle · 08-13-2003, 05:47 PM

There is no time frame for when you become sexually self explorative or curious. I have a friend of a mine who SUPPOSEDLY started masturbating at 21-22. I have another friend of mine who SUPPOSEDLY started at about 7-8. Textbooks say it starts around puberty (11-12 yrs old), but I think its all individual. I started at 13.

focus · 08-15-2003, 12:41 PM

It's not abnormal at all. Its perfectly normal to never masturbate, if that's what you choose.

I will say that it is rare for males not to masturbate though. But rare does not mean abnormal.

I would estimate 98% of all males from their teens or older masturbate. I started at about age 11. Masturbation is much less common before puberty.

helper_101 · 10-28-2003, 02:50 AM

Some people masturbate before puberty, Some never at all and have wet dreams. But it's not abnormal, peoples' rate of physical exploration is different with each person