Hi Dr. Betty,

I was very athletic and was even punished in junior high school for not showering after gym class with the other boys because I was the only one with an uncut cock and didn't want anyone to see it.

However, I did enjoy a lot of masturbation and when I became sexually active with girls I kept my foreskin pulled back. This made me feel a little less self conscious but it was extremely uncomfortable for quite some time.

Being a European male, from Finland, I have a foreskin. My cock is uncut but I like to keep the foreskin behind the glans all the times usually. When erect the foreskin of my penis slips off. The glans is coloured of light pink. My erected penis is 6,57 inches long and the girth of my penis is 5,43 inches. I think my penis is right size. My testicles are not so big,but I think they are O.K. So I am very satisfied of my genitals

Thanks so much for your website and the courage to come out into the open and celebrate masturbation like this. I am 36 and since age 11 I discovered that all-wonderful feeling of orgasm. We had a guy in class that was much older than the other boys and during recess showed us how to masturbate. At home I tried it myself after having a bath and experienced my first ever orgasm, without ejaculating anything! I was still too young but I did not know any better at the time. Anyway, I was hooked and frequently excused myself from class to stimulate my new found friend in the cloak roam.

Dear Betty

I have been interested in masturbation from a very early age, around 8, when I started noticing that I would get an erection when I played in the garden naked. Back then I had no idea what an erection was for, or how to deal with it. I just knew that it made me feel a new sensation, and it was difficult, because I needed release and had no idea how to achieve it. A little later in life I became obsessed with the idea until one day I discovered masturbation quite by accident...and experienced my first orgasm.

Dear Betty,

I'm a 53 year old male who has enjoyed masturbation since my early teens. Even during my marriage, I've enjoyed masturbating both solo and with my wife; however, she has never joined in and masturbated herself.

Where to start? I can't remember my first orgasm unfortunately, but I can remember when I started to notice some changes. 13. That's when things started to get "hairy" :) Right around that age is when I noticed that some things were for more than just going to the bathroom. When i found out that my dick got hard and why it did that I took notice. And i havent' stopped noticing since then. I remember those early years...I'd be sitting in class then all of a sudden I'd have to rearrange the bulge in my pants, then wait to get home to take care of it.

I live in a large city in Australia and I'm married with three children. At around 5” my penis isn’t very big but no-one has ever complained about its lack of size. The truth is I enjoy my cock and try to keep it looking good. I trim my pubic hair to keep it neat and love wearing a soft rubber ring that squeezes my cock and pulls my balls forward increasing my pleasure when I masturbate. I was first shown how to masturbate by a friend when I was about 12 years old and haven’t stopped since.

I have been thinking of submitting pictures for several years now, but it wasn't until now I really did it.

I like my dick. It is just about perfect in size when it's hard and though it's quite small otherwise I feel comfortable with it at all times. Even if other people see it. There is a lot of foreskin which is so good when masturbating. Most of the time my pubic hair is as long as it gets, but once in a while I shave it all off.

I am a practicing consultant in internal medicine and has extensively reviewed literature on sexuality and masturbation.I believe that almost all of us have done masturbation or are still doing it. Mostly it is done privately and not talked about much because it considered socially embarrassing. During the adolescent years it is an adaptive response to our maturing sexuality . We explore our genitalia during childhood due to curiosity and pleasurable feelings.

Hi Betty:

You don't know me, but I am a 56 year old Professor of Art. We have a campus newspaper which carries a regular column about sex. In response to a student's a question about masturbation, the writer recommended that she read Sex for One. Well, I bought your book and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I have been masturbating with great pleasure and no guilt for over 40 years, and I can say from personal experience that you hit the nail on the head on every point in your book.