Comments about self-pleasuring

My Dear Readers,
A woman I know wrote these reflections she had about self-pleasuring and is allowing me to share them with you...

Sexual feelings and self-pleasuring are a lot more than just sexual. This is also helping me to feel like I have the Right to touch myself, and this is a touch that is a good touch, and this good touch, I think is also helping heal all the spiritual abuse that I need to recover from, and also heal my Soul that was almost completely murdered, caused by Horrible "touching" from others, that made me feel like I am not worth a DAMN thing and that I am worthless. And I think that self-pleasuring is also helping me to love myself as a person who deserves to be treated with respect every minute of every day.

Do women have to feel really good about touching themselves and self-pleasuring themselves, before they can feel good about a male being sexual with them? For myself I would say, yes.

We are told "don't touch yourself down there", and "don't let anyone see you", (meaning your naked body). Now, thinking about this, I should have been the first person to touch myself "down there". And "don't let anyone see you", made me feel A LOT of shame and hate for my body. A naked body should ALWAYS be looked at as Beautiful and with the HIGHEST of RESPECT, and not abuse.

Self-pleasuring is helping me to feel A LOT less shame and hate for my body. After self-pleasuring I usually feel relaxed, and I'm beginning to notice that sometimes my body feels lighter and more ALIVE. Now, thinking about this, I am also self-loving, and this is a gift that I am giving myself.

See also:
Article on Self-pleasuring
or, Google self-pleasuring

Movie Recommendation - 'Nell,' starring Jodie Foster

"Nell" is one of those movies that I greatly enjoyed and highly recommend. Jodie Foster plays the role of Nell, a young woman growing up isolated in the forest with her mother who was speech impaired from a stroke. When the movie opens, she is visited by a psychologist who needs to do an evaluation on her.

Some of what grabbed me about the movie is the premise that we are born innocent, and I think, in a state of grace. Nell is fully secure in her environment and the sensuality of her own body. In her natural environment, she knows and expresses only love.

I fully encourage you to rent this movie and, if you wish, share your impressions. Aloha.