would feel, she thought. She slowly realized that her nipples were hardening and she
was getting hungry. I want something inside my pussy, she realized. She looked around and saw her toothbrush in the glass
beside the sink. I wonder …
She reached for the brush and then hesitated. I can’t do this, she thought. It’s kinky and perverse. But, she argued, it’s
my body, and I can do with it what I want. And I want this.
She took the toothbrush and lowered it into the warm water. She slid the handle through the folds she had so recently explored
for the first time with her finger. Her breathing faster now, she tentatively inserted the smooth plastic handle of the toothbrush
into her slippery pussy. Marveling at the difference in feel between the water and her own juices, she rubbed the handle over
her wet membranes. She lowered her dry hand into the water and rubbed her now-swollen clitoris. She found places that felt
exceptionally good and then rubbed them more, until she felt the shudders of a small orgasm tremble through her body.
“Oh my,” she said later as she tossed the toothbrush into the sink. “Oh my.”
It is easy for a man to discover exactly what excites him. He usually explores his body and finds his erogenous zones at an
early age. They’re so easy to find. They just stick out there in plain sight and within easy reach. Psychologists believe
that every boy masturbates frequently before he reaches puberty, whether with a hand, while lying on his stomach on the floor,
or while rubbing against a favorite toy. After puberty, hormones rage and erections are sudden and often unexpected. Many
a teenaged boy has had to ride past his bus stop to avoid standing up and revealing his immense hard-on.
But here again, society makes things difficult.
“Don’t touch that; it’s dirty.”
“You’ll grow hair on your hands.”
“You’ll become desensitized, so you won’t be able to enjoy a woman.”
There are even parents who tell their sons, “You have only so many erections. Keep doing that and you’ll use them up. Then
what?” Many men who’ve internalized this warning think that by age fifty they will be unable to have an erection—something
that they believe is borne out by the natural changes that come with age, and which I will cover in chapter 5.
So we make a man ashamed and afraid of touching his own body. He will probably do it anyway, although he may become frustrated
while desire wars with societal warnings.
As a society, we really mess with our children’s heads.
Eventually, with hormones rampant, young people begin to experiment with sex. They touch each other, rub, and finally try
sexual intercourse. It’s wonderful and fulfilling, and soon everything else slips into the background. All they can think
about is their next opportunity to be together, maybe with the time, the place, and the privacy to have intercourse. It’s
probably not lovemaking yet, just acrobatic fucking, but it’s very satisfying.
The first step in establishing a mutually satisfying relationship is to know your own body. If you don’t, explore. After all,
how can you help your partner learn what gives you pleasure if you haven’t found out yourself?
You and your partner have made the commitment to be a couple, but the animal heat has cooled a bit. Make that the good news.
Now that you’re partners and have the time to learn and share, maybe the two of you can take this opportunity to learn not
only about yourself but also about each other and what gives pleasure and what does not. In the story that follows, we meet
up with Sandy a few years later. Although by now, Sandy has learned what pleases her body, discussing specific sexual matters
with her new husband, Jake, isn’t always easy.
SANDY AND JAKE’S STORY
Sandy and Jake had met at an intersection when, as the result of a drunken driver, both Sandy’s Toyota and Jake’s Escort had
been damaged. As they