May is Masturbation Month so celebrate by pleasuring yourself at least once a day. For guys its a biological necessity to climax to keep sperm in better condition for reproduction and even prevent prostate cancer. For women, an orgasm a day will keep the doctor away as it can boost the immune system, alleviates pain, reduces stress and depression, improves the sense of smell, increases blood flow, helps weight loss and works as a natural sleep sedative.

This is the month to buy yourself or your lover a vibrator such as the Bet on Black by Evolved. It’s draped in swirls for you to arouse your most sensitive areas and can be used for pleasure in the front or the back, but never go from back to front and be sure to use plenty of lube such as System JO H20 sensual solutions for men and women. Don’t forget to clean your toy with soap and water or toy cleaner before and after each use.

If you want to meet like-minded people who are exhibitionists, the annual event reaches a climax on May 28th in San Francisco for the “Masturbate- A-Thon, a hands-on-charity event benefiting the Center for Sex and Culture.

So how did Masturbation get a month of its own? It was all thanks to U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders who was forced to resign when a reporter set her up at the United Nations World AIDS Day in 1994 by asking Elders about masturbation’s potential discouraging early sexual activity. Elders answered,“I think it is something that is part of human sexuality and a part of something that perhaps should be taught.” That open and honest response forced the resignation of U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders and it was the end of her Washington career, but the beginning of National Masturbation Month under Bill Clinton’s Presidency. A protest effort was started by the company Good Vibrations, not President Clinton and masturbation was out in the open as a healthy form of sexual expression that we have for ourselves, by ourselves, on our own terms.