Masturbate-a-thon

Masturbate-a-thon logo, based on an ancient Roman good luck

charm

The Masturbate-a-thon is an event in which participants

masturbate to raise money for charity and increase the
public awareness and dispel the shame and taboos that
exist about this form of sexual activity.[1] During the past
six years, the Masturbate-a-thon has raised over $25,000
for womens health initiatives and HIV prevention, education and treatment organizations, and has contributed
to debates about safer sex and alternative safe methods
of sexual expression.[2] The event awards several honors
for those who raise the most money as well as for multiple
orgasms and endurance.

Masturbate-a-thon Logo used by 2006 London event

based non-prot providing professional-level sex education. The annual events are used as a public-healtheducation device to increase awareness of self-pleasure as
a strategy for safer and healthier sex and to de-stigmatize
self-love.
London hosted Europes rst masturbate-a-thon on August 5, 2006. Hundreds of persons raised money for
the charity Terrence Higgins Trust and the sexual- and
reproductive-health agency Marie Stopes International.[4]
The Masturbate-a-thon, also called Wank-a-Thon, was
recorded by ZigZagProductions of London as part of an
international documentary of the event.[5] However, plans
to broadcast this on Channel 4 as part of its Wank Week
series were abandoned, including programming from Europes fetish and leather week.[6]

History

In May 1995, San Franciscobased sex toy shop Good

Vibrations declared May to be "Masturbation Month.
Since then, it has encouraged people to get sponsors as
a fundraiser for charities with a sex-positive focus.[3]
In 1999, the Masturbate-a-Thon was originated by the
collective Open Enterprises, which operates Good Vibrations. The slogan Come for a Cause was coined
by Rachel Venning, the founder of the sex toy shop
Babeland, formerly Toys in Babeland, which has branches
in Seattle, in Brooklyn, and (two) in Manhattan. The
Masturbate-a-Thon was built up by Good Vibrations,
which encouraged other modern sex-toy businesses
such as Babeland; A Womans Touch, in Madison, Wisconsin; Torontos Come As You Are; and Bostons Grand
Openingto hold events coinciding with masturbation
month (May in the United States). In that year, the rst
live event was held at San Franciscos Campus Theater,
by the Center for Sex and Culture (CSC)'s Carol Queen
and her partner, Robert Lawrence. CSC is an education-

Montreals rst Masturbate-a-thon (aka Wankfest) was

on May 4, 2013, and raised money for the charity Head
and Hands, a youth sex education and outreach organization, and Sexploreum, an adult education group dedicated to encouraging playfulness with sexuality.[7] The
event was attended by over 60 people and events were
held bilingually in English and French.

2 Current records
Time records indicate duration (length of time for which
a participant masturbated):
1

2.1

2014 San Francisco

United StatesMens distance record set in 2014 by

(nom de plume) Punknine 12 feet 10 inches (3.9
m)

2.2

2012 San Francisco

The new world record holder for the longest time

spent masturbating is porn star Sonny Nash, who
masturbated for 10 hours and 10 minutes on May
27, 2012.

2.3

2010 San Francisco

The former record holder of Longest Time Spent

Masturbating is sex toy company TENGA worker
Masanobu Sato, who pleasured himself for 9 hours
and 58 minutes.

EXTERNAL LINKS

4 References
[1] Tristan Taormino. The Female Hard-On. Retrieved
April 24, 2008.
[2] Queen, Carol (April 23, 2003). The Royal Treatment:
Time to Masturbate. Spectator Magazine, reprinted in
Good Vibrations magazine. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
[3] Lloyd, Stacy (April 30, 2010). May is National Masturbation Month. Empowher. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
[4] Masturbate-a-thon press release (retrieved August 6,
2006)
[5] Leigh Holmwood (July 18, 2006). More tossers on TV.
The Guardian. UK. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
[6] Jason Deans (February 2, 2007). "'Wank week' postponed. The Guardian. UK. Retrieved November 2,
2007.
[7] "'Masturbate-a-thon Montreal'". June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
[8] Masturbate-a-thon Records at masturbate-a-thon.com.
Archived from the original on 15 May 2010.

2.4

2009 San Francisco

United StatesMens distance record set in 2009

by (nom de plume) Mr. Flint Greasewood5 feet
4 inches (1.63 m).[8]

5 External links
Ocial website
Unocial Portland Masturbate-a-thon site

2.5

2009 Denmark

Masturbation timemen: 7 hours and 45 minutes

Masturbation timewomen: 5 hours and 4 minutes
Number of orgasmsmen: 8Danish record
Number of orgasmswomen: 222World record
Ejaculation distancemen: 8 feet 2.5 inches (2.5
m)
Ejaculation distancewomen: 10 feet 4 inches
(3.15 m) World record
Target ejaculationmen: 6 centimetres (2.4 in)
from bulls eye
Target ejaculationwomen: All over bulls eye[8]

See also
National Masturbation Day
Wank Week

5.1 Sponsoring organizations

Marie Stopes International
Terrence Higgins Trust

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