Pleasure Mechanics

Just The Tip: Masturbation Is Natural

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Masturbation Is Natural Podcast Episode

Many animals masturbate frequently. In The Compass of Pleasure, David J. Linden reveals how much creativity some animals bring to solo sex. Get The Compass of Pleasure on audiobook absolutely free with your Audible.com trial!

  • Chimps make dildos out of tree bark and branches
  • Female porcupines walk over branches to stimulate their genitals
  • Dolphins have been seen wrapping eels around their penis.

I’m not suggesting interspecies sexual encounters, and I’m not sure why the author counts the dolphin eel encounter as masturbation and not sex, but you get the idea.

You have to applaud the creativity of the orangutans and the porcupine. making their own tools for pleasure. That puts sex toys in a whole new light in a way, maybe it really is natural to use our creativity to fashion tools to enhance our own pleasure.  I love to collect these stories of animals and how they have sex or masturbate because we have so many sexual hangups about masturbation that i find it refreshing and permission giving to hear about how many species like to get their rocks off. It feels freeing to me.

So my challenge to you is next time you touch yourself know that you are part of the glorious animal kingdom and are just doing your part to feel good, which it turns out is completely, totally natural.

What happens if you relaxed into the naturalness of the act, gave yourself a little more permission and space to feel good about it, instead of something that you sort of need to rush through, and functionally get through to get to the part where you blow before someone discovers you.

There are so many layers of shame that we all have in this culture where we are told so often that to touch yourself is bad wrong dirty or just kind of lame, what happens if we could shake off another couple layers of that shame and guilt? What if we understood those emotions as an intentional result of fabricated cultural stories that are put onto us to control our behavior and create social order? What if we admitted that underneath all that we are all just animals who like to experience pleasure in our bodies, and that is ok?

Next time you touch yourself why don’t you play with taking some extra time with it, really linger, breath deep and choose to really enjoy your animal body. Know that you are part of a larger experience of animals and humans, all around the globe, throughout time who like enjoying pleasure in your body and remember how darn normal and natural it is!

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The Art Of The Blowjob

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Oral pleasure is one of the most divisive of intimate acts. Most men want way more, but many women cringe at the thought of it. Couples use it as a bargaining tool.  Women use it as a way of avoiding other kinds of intimacy. Men long to be treated to a long and luxurious session of oral pleasure, only to be let down by a “let’s get it over with” attitude.

Perhaps we’ve all been cheated by the story we tell about it. Does it have to be a demeaning, humiliating experience for the woman giving it? What if, instead, it was understood as an act of love, a profound gift of pleasure offered with pride? What if women were encouraged to find the pleasure of giving enjoying the sensation of her lover’s most tender parts in her mouth? What if women could get off on playing with the power dynamics of oral pleasure, feeling as dominant or submissive as she wishes? What if oral pleasure could be an erotic experience for both lovers?

A few of you have probably experienced the joy of finding mutual pleasure in oral. For anyone who is still struggling to figure out how to make this a more enjoyable experience, this week’s podcast is a must-listen.

This week, we interviewed the producer of elegant adult websites that portray oral pleasure with reverence, humor and beauty. We talk about how to reframe the conversation in a way that puts women in the driver’s seat and encourages them to find their own pleasure in giving this most intimate of pleasures. We share strategies for both giver and receiver to maximize pleasure for all involved!

More on oral pleasure, including exclusive bonus tips from Sophie Delancey on The Art of Blowjobs, can be found in the Foreplay Mastery Course

Warm Sex Strategies

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Sex therapist Dr. Jack Morin emphasized the importance of “warm sex” in long term relationships. Here’s a daily practice that can help you maintain a warm sexual relationship so it is way easier to get hot when you have the chance. We share an excerpt from Jack Morin’s book The Erotic Mind. Find out what one thing he believes a relationship can’t bounce back from.

Here’s an excerpt from The Erotic Mind:

Cultivating Warm Sex

My observations have consistently revealed an apparent contradiction: to preserve opportunities for lusty, passionate sex, most successful long-term couples develop the ability to enjoy “warm sex.” Rather than emphasizing focused intimacy, warm sex revolves around calmer experiences of sensuality, affection, pleasure and playful fun. ALthough warm sex usually includes genital stimulation, its goals are neither high arousal nor orgasm.

Especially during periods when desire is relatively low, warm sex allows couples to maintain a physical bond and helps them to continue perceiving each other in a sexual light. I haven’t seen a couple – nor have any of the colleagues I’ve informally surveyed – who were able to rebuild a sexual connection after they had stopped thinking of each other in an erotic way for five or more years.

 

Intense Orgasms: Here’s How

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SMSOSImage089Oh how easy it is to compare ourselves to others! But when it comes to pleasure, there is no measure by which to compare one person’s orgasms to another. No way of measuring sexual satisfaction. Yet it is somehow easier to compare ourselves or our lovers to other people’s perceived fulfillment rather than focus on optimizing our own experience.

The grass is not greener on the other side, it is greenest where you water it. Right?

We received a letter from a dedicated husband who wanted to make sure his wife was having all the right kind of orgasms, like his girlfriends in the past. In this week’s podcast, we set him straight. First, we clear up the persistent myths about “types” of orgasms. Then, we focus him in the most positive direction: making sure his wife is having an amazing time in bed, rather than comparing her experience to ghosts from the past. Finally, we share tips for anyone who wants to amp up the intensity of their own orgasm. We give you strategies for both the giver and the receiver to fully maximize the orgasmic intensity you seek.

Remember, pleasure is a highly personal experience. there is no point comparing your experience to others. Instead, let’s all focus on maximizing our own experience and having the best erotic life possible. You in?

 

Here’s the letter we received from a listener:

Dear Mechanics,

My wife recently stumbled upon your podcast and we are now both fans. We’ve have a good sex life, but after 10 years things had cooled down until discovering Pleasure Mechanics. I’ve done some reading in the past about clitoral vs full vaginal orgasms. I’m not convinced that my wife has had full vaginal orgasms with me, just clitoral, but she says otherwise. I have been with women prior to her that clearly had full body, ground shaking orgasms and my wife’s never seem to hit her at that level. I admit I’m learning how to more intimately penetrate my wife, but are there any tips that could help her achieve fuller orgasms?