I really like to masturbate. There, I said it. Sometimes all I want to do after a long and stressful day is go home, whip out my vibrator, put on some porn and have a few orgasms. Is that so wrong?

Personally, I don't think so. In fact, I think all you ladies should possess your own vibrator to use from time to time. Perhaps something small and unobtrusive, like bullet vibes, which are discreet enough to carry around in your purse or pocket. Or perhaps something fun and fancy, like Rabbit vibrators, which come in a variety of sizes and colors to suit your more particular tastes. I prefer bullet vibrators, but in case the idea of owning a sex toy is too freaky for your vanilla mind to compute, I would instead encourage you to use your hand, showerhead, bathtub faucet or even electric toothbrush in order to get yourself off. Why am I pushing this, you ask?

Because if you can't get yourself off, how can you expect someone else to do it for you?

Masturbation is the best way to figure out what feels good to you and what doesn't. Some girls like steady pressure on their G-spot; some prefer rhythmic pulsing against it. Some girls can't orgasm from sex without simultaneous clitoral stimulation, and some girls can have multiple orgasms with ease. Some girls squirt when they orgasm, and some girls, well, don't. If no one has touched you in that special way, how else would you know if you're a squirter? The point of the matter is that you won't know what gets you off until you experiment a little and experience it firsthand. And if you don't have a boyfriend, masturbation is the best way to experiment without having copious amounts of potentially awkward sex with random guys.

Before I continue, I should apologize to the men reading this column, because it's written more for the female sex. It's nothing against you, I just don't think males need any convincing when it comes to jacking their rods every once in a while-I'm pretty sure you guys already have that covered.

But moving on now, you may be thinking to yourself, "Thanks, but no thanks, I'm not down with touching myself. Gross." And that's OK, because you don't need to use your hand to have a clitoral orgasm. To be honest with you, I don't like physically "touching" myself either, as I would much rather have someone else doing the touching for me. But for a quick and easy good time, I highly recommend a vibrator with adjustable speeds (or a steady stream of water), applied directly on or around your clit. Basically. I say on or around the clit because preferred pressure and intensity vary from woman to woman, so it's up to you to discover what gets you off best. You should also be somewhat aroused when doing this (i.e. watching porn, reading erotica, fantasizing about that cute guy in English class, etc.), otherwise you may just feel awkward.

Oh, and just in case you didn't know, girls are capable of having two different types of orgasms: clitoral orgasms and vaginal orgasms. (That's right, boys, not only can we have multiple orgasms, but we can also orgasm in two different, yet equally amazing ways. Don't be too jealous.)

However, vaginal orgasms often require stimulation of the G-spot, and therefore would probably entail use of your hand or a well-shaped vibrator. I'll leave that up to you to discover for yourself though, as it requires a bit more experimentation than I can lay out in this brief column.

Before I end this, let me give you one more plus for self-pleasuring: It's a great form of foreplay. Seriously, I can guarantee that almost any guy would get hard off a girl touching herself in front of him. It's just science.

Likewise, I'm also a strong proponent for couples masturbating together. Mutual masturbation, as it is more technically called, is a great tool to use in the sack, as it serves a dual purpose: One, it increases the arousal of both parties and two, it allows both parties to demonstrate how they like being touched. It's a win-win situation, really. You turn yourself on and you teach your partner how best to turn you on.

If I still haven't sold you on the whole masturbating thing, that's fine. But if one day you find yourself frustrated that you've never had an orgasm, let me sum up this column for you: Porn, vibrator, orgasms. Go.

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