“It’s a way to learn what brings you pleasure, what helps you orgasm, and what doesn’t do it either,” he says.Ī nonexhaustive list of things your solo sesh might include:ĭetermine your individual risk for pregnancy and STIs While similar, masturbation is typically more sexual. “This is especially important to queer and trans folks, because it allows them to learn the ways they like to be touched that they find most affirming and pleasurable,” Duran says. It’s all about exploring what different parts of your body look, smell, taste, and feel like. That’s why he recommends getting acquainted with your body via body mapping and masturbation.īody mapping is the process of becoming familiar with your own body. “Our partners are best able to pleasure us when we can tell them how to pleasure us,” Duran says. Case in point: the movies “Call Me By Your Name,” “Moonlight,” and “Below Her Mouth.”īut IRL nobody can magically deduce what brings you pleasure. “The idea that someone is going to come along and introduce you to out-of-this-world sensations makes good fantasy,” says Andy Duran, queer sex specialist and education director for Good Vibrations. If you haven’t already, get to know your body
