Rat's Saucy Nest

Regarding that discussion, I also personally think that masturbation is something completely detached and different than sex. I don’t think masturbation is there to replace or imitate sex, it’s its own thing with its own desires and satisfactions. Masturbation is part of your sex life and in my opinion pretty important. I don’t think it can (and should) be replaced by sex (or the other way around). But again, different tastes and opinions. I know some people who quit masturbating when they’re in a sexual relationship. (Or even demand of their partner that they quit masturbating because of insecurities or jealousy, like wtf?!) I’m different than that, because I think masturbation is an important part of sexual health, as long as you don’t completely overdo it, but that goes for everything.

So when I said “it’s not comparable” I’m not grading it or saying anything about quality or if it’s better/worse than actual sex, I’m saying it’s on a completely different playing field. It’s like comparing Football to Soccer. Both are played on a grassy surface, but they have completely different stadiums, rulesets, players, play time and goals.