Iis it normal that i've been masturbating for as long as i can remember?

I'm 24 and female.

I've never been sexually abused as a child. I didn't even know what sex was exactly, until an embarrassingly late age (around 10, I think). But when I was a very small kid my mum used to rock me back and forth before going to sleep. And I remember quite clearly that one night she refused to do it anymore, so I started rocking myself - moving my body through my hips and legs. I'm pretty sure that's how it started... But I don't remember the precise moment when I first masturbated. I just know that by age 4 I was already doing it. And I know about that age because it was the first time I got caught and yelled at for it... I think I got caught once or twice more afterwards and then I learned to hide it.

I didn't (and still don't) do it like most women do, on their back and doing circling motions with their hands. I would instead sit on my stomach, with both my arms underneath me. My legs would grip my hands tightly between them. One hand would be pressing my private parts with the thumb-side, and the other would be adding more pressure, by pushing the side of the hand deeper. Then I would keep adding pressure and move back and forth until I reached orgasm. I never inserted anything inside.

I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew it felt good, so I kept doing it all through my childhood and teen years. Of course I never told anyone this before because I know they would judge.

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Comments ( 6 )
  • loopoo

    It's a perfectly natural thing to do

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  • hoppy

    I do it on my stomach too, although I started later than you. I've never seen anything wrong with it. It's what my body is supposed to do.

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  • Why am i always commenting on sex-related questions? I need to take a break...

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  • disthing

    Yeah, lots of people start young through self-discovery. It's common. If it feels good, we want to do it. I'm surprised you thought this might not be normal :)

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  • chuy

    Is normal

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  • Well, the reason I thought it was abnormal was the way my other female friends treated the subject of masturbation, in both boys and girls. I HAVE witnessed conversations that went like "OMG he was doing what?!? But he's only 12! That's so effed up!". And naturally they only recently started alluding to the fact that they do it too - not sure if just now because they just started or because they just realized it's not a big deal and not something shameful.

    Women are horrible prudes and hypocrites when it comes to sex, especially young women. At least the ones around me are...

    I don't feel bad about doing it, I just wanted to see what other people would say - and preferably people who didn't know me personally so that if they go "ewww" they won't judge me for it for the rest of my life.

    Thanks for your responses, I feel reassured that I'm not a weirdo - or at least not as much of a weirdo as I anticipated.

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