Sex vs masturbation: which one is better, and why do they feel so different?
straight. She then goes on to explain that she’s afraid she’ll never be able to be pleasured by a man again, because her vibrator is just too good.
Charlotte isn’t the only woman who has feared busting her vag with too much masturbation. Women who love to get off solo often wonder if doing it “too much” will lead to— or a flat-out terrible time with partnered sex. Anecdotally, you could find arguments in either direction, so I consulted Dr. Angela Jones, Astroglide’s resident sexual health advisor for the real story. In short? Masturbating, even a lot, won’t screw you up with sex forever.
It all comes down to what happens to your vagina when you masturbate. And it turns out, pleasuring yourself and being pleasured by someone else aren’t all that different from a biological standpoint. “Anything that stimulates the vagina will cause it to become more engorged due to increased blood supply to stimulated areas, more sensitive, and more lubricated,” Dr. Jones says. “Masturbation, or any pleasuring of the vagina, will also cause it to become more elongated.
The only way that masturbation truly differs from sex, anatomically speaking, is that your level of arousal may vary. Some feel more aroused during sex, while others get the most turned on when they’re approaching the situation from a solo point of view. “Your level of pleasure can also vary depending on the type of stimulation being provided,” Dr. Jones says. “So if the sex or masturbation is penetrative, if there are toys involved, and so on.
But here’s a silver lining: Masturbating with either your hand or a vibe on your clit can actually make sex better for you by helping you to realize that you should be bringing some of that stimulation to the table during partnered sex — either doing it for yourself or
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