To this man, jackoff clubs weren’t “much different than guys popping the hood and comparing engines. He said this was something he had a strong desire to share with other men.”Īccording to Dr. Gloria Brame, a sexologist, the psychology makes sense. Doing it with a bunch of other guys may give a shy man permission to be his own wild self and enjoy the pleasure of masturbation," she says. Alternatively, a masturbation club could offer a pressure-free opportunity to get off without the assistance of a partner. "For men who find it easier to come by hand rather than through penetration, it can be very freeing to be in a crowd with others who may be in the same place," says Dr. On its surface, the idea that a man might masturbate in front of other men as an assertion of heterosexuality might sound strange.īrame, also noting the added thrill of exhibitionism the setting provides. But in truth, Ward points out, there’s not much of a distinction between the communal experience of a jackoff club and, say, going to a strip club and getting a lap dance at the same time as your friend, or having sex in the same room as your male roommate during college.
Yes, presumably there are women present in those scenarios, but the result- communal arousal-is the same. While both of these experiences are not uncommon for men in their teens and twenties, they’re staunchly homoerotic nonetheless-and it’s also worth noting that there isn’t quite an equivalent for young women. “The norms of collective arousal for men are very different than they are for women,” Ward says.