Talk:masturbate

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Latest comment: 11 years ago by Lunaibis in topic Transitivity and taking an object
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Going number 3[edit]

What is "Going number 3" is it made up or what?--Williamsayers79 07:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

A fairly obvious male dominance here. Are there really no reasonably common terms for female masturbation?

Peter Isotalo 22:48, 3 September 2006 (UTC)Reply


Ladies[edit]

I've heard Flicking the Bean used on various occasions - perhaps that might be added to balance the wankers out a little bit. Anon

Transitivity and taking an object[edit]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "masturbate" a completely intransitive verb that always implies doing the action to oneself?

I have seen, in several articles on this website as well as elsewhere, a transitive usage of the verb, with the object being the person who is being stimulated (for example, the sentence "He masturbated her"). Is this usage incorrect, proscribed, or is it correct and I'm entirely off the mark? Lunaibis (talk) 01:11, 25 March 2013 (UTC)Reply