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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. From 1998 to 2003, the Masturbate-a-thon raised around $25,000 for women's health initiatives and HIV prevention, education and treatment organizations, and has contributed to debates about safer sex and alternative safe methods of sexual expression.^[1] The event awards several honors for those who raise the most money as well as for multiple orgasms and endurance.

History

Masturbate-a-thon Logo used by 2006 London event

In May 1995,^[2] San Francisco–based 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]

London hosted Europe's first "masturbate-a-thon" on 5 August 2006. It aims to remove the taboo and shame associated with masturbation.^[4] Hundreds of persons raised money for the charity Terrence Higgins Trust and the sexual- and reproductive-health agency Marie Stopes International.^[5] The Masturbate-a-thon, also called "Wank-a-Thon," was recorded by ZigZagProductions of London as part of an international documentary of the event.^[6] However, plans to broadcast this on Channel 4 as part of its Wank Week series were abandoned, including programming from Europe's fetish and leather week.^[7]

In 2009, Masanobu Sato won the Masturbate-a-thon held by the Center of Sex and Culture in San Francisco after masturbating for nine hours and thirty-three minutes.^[8]

In 2012, China's first masturbation contest was held in Shenzhen, China in observance of World AIDS day. The event's organizers explained that the contest aims to promote masturbation as the safest means of sex and as an effective means for avoiding HIV infection.^[9]^[10]

Montreal's first Masturbate-a-thon (aka "Wankfest") was on 4 May 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. Masturbate-a-thon 3 in 2014 was cancelled due to lack of registrations.^[11]

References

^ Queen, Carol (April 23, 2003). "The Royal Treatment: Time to Masturbate". Spectator Magazine, reprinted in Good Vibrations magazine. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.^{[full citation needed]}
^ Silver, Matty (April 14, 2015). "Make time for yourselves during National Masturbation Month in May". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Lloyd, Stacy (April 30, 2010). "May is National Masturbation Month". Empowher. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
^ "Minerva". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 333 (7561): 268. July 29, 2006. doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7561.268. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1523434.
^ Masturbate-a-thon press release (retrieved August 6, 2006) Archived April 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Leigh Holmwood (July 18, 2006). "More tossers on TV". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
^ Jason Deans (February 2, 2007). "'Wank week' postponed". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
^ Christina, Eva (2011). The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary. Penguin. p. 68. ISBN 9781101545096. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Wilkins, Brett (December 5, 2012). "China's first masturbation contest held for World AIDS Day". Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ Thomas, Emily (December 3, 2012). "Masturbation Contest In China Held To Celebrate Safe Sex On World AIDS Day (NSFW VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^ "Masturbate-a-thon Montreal". June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.

External links

"Unofficial" Portland Masturbate-a-thon site (Archived on archive.org from July, 2009).

[The_Royal_Treatment:_Time_to_Masturbate-1] Queen, Carol (April 23, 2003). "The Royal Treatment: Time to Masturbate". Spectator Magazine, reprinted in Good Vibrations magazine. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.^{[full citation needed]}

[2] Silver, Matty (April 14, 2015). "Make time for yourselves during National Masturbation Month in May". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[3] Lloyd, Stacy (April 30, 2010). "May is National Masturbation Month". Empowher. Retrieved June 19, 2011.

[4] "Minerva". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 333 (7561): 268. July 29, 2006. doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7561.268. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1523434.

[pr-5] Masturbate-a-thon press release (retrieved August 6, 2006) Archived April 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Leigh Holmwood (July 18, 2006). "More tossers on TV". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved November 2, 2007.

[7] Jason Deans (February 2, 2007). "'Wank week' postponed". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved November 2, 2007.

[8] Christina, Eva (2011). The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary. Penguin. p. 68. ISBN 9781101545096. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[9] Wilkins, Brett (December 5, 2012). "China's first masturbation contest held for World AIDS Day". Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[10] Thomas, Emily (December 3, 2012). "Masturbation Contest In China Held To Celebrate Safe Sex On World AIDS Day (NSFW VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

[11] "Masturbate-a-thon Montreal". June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.

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+The event awards several honors for those who raise the most money as well as for multiple [[orgasm]]s and endurance.
 ==History==
-[[Image:Masturbate-a-thon Uk.jpg|right|thumb|Masturbate-a-thon Logo used by 2006 London event]]
+[[Image:Masturbate-a-thon Uk.jpg|thumb|Masturbate-a-thon Logo used by 2006 London event|137x137px]]
-In May 1995 [[San Francisco]]-based sex toy and education shop ''[[Good Vibrations (business)|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 in that group's city.
+In May 1995,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Silver|first1=Matty|title=Make time for yourselves during National Masturbation Month in May|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/make-time-for-yourselves-during-national-masturbation-month-in-may-20150413-1mjqpo.html|access-date=12 June 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 April 2015}}</ref> [[San Francisco]]–based sex toy shop [[Good Vibrations (business)|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 movement|sex-positive]] focus.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empowher.com/sexual-well-being/content/may-national-masturbation-month | title=May is National Masturbation Month | publisher=Empowher | date=April 30, 2010 | access-date=June 19, 2011 | author=Lloyd, Stacy}}</ref>
+London hosted Europe's first "masturbate-a-thon" on 5 August 2006. It aims to remove the taboo and shame associated with masturbation.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Minerva|journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal|date=29 July 2006|volume=333|issue=7561|pages=268|issn=0959-8138|doi=10.1136/bmj.333.7561.268|pmc=1523434}}</ref> Hundreds of persons raised money for the charity [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] and the sexual- and reproductive-health agency [[Marie Stopes International]].<ref name=pr>[http://www.masturbate-a-thon.co.uk/main.htm#press Masturbate-a-thon press release] (retrieved August 6, 2006)  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423090305/http://www.masturbate-a-thon.co.uk/main.htm |date=April 23, 2007 }}</ref> The Masturbate-a-thon, also called "Wank-a-Thon," was recorded by ZigZagProductions of London as part of an international documentary of the event.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 18, 2006|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/18/channel4.broadcasting |access-date=November 2, 2007| title=More tossers on TV|author = Leigh Holmwood|work=The Guardian |location=UK}}</ref> However, plans to broadcast this on [[Channel 4]] as part of its [[Wank Week]] series were abandoned, including programming from Europe's fetish and leather week.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 2, 2007|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/feb/02/broadcasting.channel4 |access-date=November 2, 2007| title='Wank week' postponed|author=Jason Deans|work=The Guardian |location=UK}}</ref>
-In 1999, the Masturbate-a-Thon was originated by the collective Open Enterprises ([[Good Vibrations]]). The slogan "Come for a Cause" came from Rachel Venning, the founder of the sex toy shop [[Babeland]]. The Masturbate-a-Thon was built up by Good Vibrations who encouraged other modern sex-toy businesses such as Babeland, [[Madison, Wisconsin]]'s A Woman's Touch, [[Toronto]]'s Come As You Are and [[Boston]]'s Grand Opening to also hold events coinciding with "masturbation month" (May in the United States). That year, the first live event was held at San Francisco's [[Campus Theater]] by the [[Center for Sex and Culture]]'s [[Carol Queen]] and her partner Robert Lawrence. CSC is a education-based non-profit providing professional-level sex education. The annual events are used as a public health education device to increase awareness of self-pleasure as a strategy for [[safe sex|safer]] and healthier sex and to de-stigmatise self-love.
+In 2009, Masanobu Sato won the Masturbate-a-thon held by the Center of Sex and Culture in San Francisco after masturbating for nine hours and thirty-three minutes.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Christina|first1=Eva|title=The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary|date=2011|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781101545096|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFcWmcGLXJ4C&pg=PT68|access-date=12 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>
-In 2006, Europe’s First Sponsored Masturbate-a-Thon Event took place in London. The Masturbate-a-thon, also known as '''Wank-a-Thon''', was filmed by ZigZagProductions of London as part of an international documentary of the event.<ref>{{cite web|date=2006-07-18|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jul/18/channel4.broadcasting|accessdate=2007-11-02| title=More tossers on TV|author = Leigh Holmwood|publisher=[[Guardian.co.uk]]}}</ref> However, plans to broadcast this on [[Channel 4]] as part of its [[Wank Week]] series were abandoned.<ref>{{cite web|date=2007-02-02|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/feb/02/broadcasting.channel4|accessdate=2007-11-02| title='Wank week' postponed|author=Jason Deans|publisher=[[Guardian.co.uk]]}}</ref>
+In 2012, China's first masturbation contest was held in [[Shenzhen, China]] in observance of [[World AIDS day]]. The event's organizers explained that the contest aims to promote masturbation as the safest means of sex and as an effective means for avoiding HIV infection.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilkins |first1=Brett |date=5 December 2012 |title=China's first masturbation contest held for World AIDS Day |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/338415 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209023317/https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/338415 |archive-date=2012-12-09 |access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Emily|title=Masturbation Contest In China Held To Celebrate Safe Sex On World AIDS Day (NSFW VIDEO)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/chinese-wankathon_n_2232063.html|access-date=12 June 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=3 December 2012}}</ref>
-London hosted Europe's first "masturbate-a-thon" on [[August 5]], [[2006]] in which hundreds of men and women were expected to pleasure themselves for charity, raising money for the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] and sexual and reproductive health agency [[Marie Stopes International]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2006-08-04|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060804/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_masturbate;_ylt=A86.I1Xs8tNEbhABagIuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA4cmUwbnA1BHNlYwMxNzAy|title=Hundreds expected to come to Masturbate-a-thon|publisher=Reuters}}</ref> <ref name=pr>[http://www.masturbate-a-thon.co.uk/main.htm#press Masturbate-a-thon press release] (retrieved August 6, 2006)</ref> The final count at the location was over one hundred and fifty people, roughly two-thirds of whom were men. Although this seems like an over-balance, many of them were [[gay]] and uninterested in the women present, so the adjusted gender interest balance was even more than appearances belied. The remaining registrants remained at private locations and mailed or sent funds by computer at later dates. The 2006 London event set a few international records.
+Montreal's first Masturbate-a-thon (aka "Wankfest") was on 4 May 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. Masturbate-a-thon 3 in 2014 was cancelled due to lack of registrations.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 21, 2013|url= https://masturbateathonmontreal.wordpress.com/ |access-date=June 21, 2013| title=Masturbate-a-thon Montreal}}</ref>
-== Current Records ==
-Time records indicate duration (length of time for which a participant masturbated)
-=== Current London Records as of September 4, 2006 ===
-* Attendees: 154 (UK and '''World Record''')
-* Time:
-** Female: 3 h, 30 min (UK Record, 2006)
-** Male: 7 h, 31 min (UK Record, 2006)
-* Most Orgasms:
-** Female: 49 (UK and '''World Record''')
-** Male: 6 (UK Record)
-* Most money raised by an individual: $1116.00 (Richard Watts, London, 2006)
-=== Current World Records as of June 1, 2007 ===
-* Time:
-** Female: 6 h, 30 min (Norine Dworkin, San Francisco, 2004)
-** Male: 8 h, 40 min (San Francisco, 2007)
-* Most Orgasms:
-** Female: 49 (London, 2006)
-*Longest Distance Squirt 91 centimeters (36 inches) (San Francisco 2007)
-The Official 2007 Masturbate-a-Thon was held in San Francisco, California on May 26, 2007
-(Masturbate-a-Thon [Trade Mark] Open Enterprises Incorporated)
 ==See also==
+{{Portal|Human sexuality}}
-*[[Wank Week]]
+* [[National Masturbation Day]]
-*[[Good Vibrations (sex toy business)|Good Vibrations]]
+* [[Wank Week]]
 ==References==
+{{reflist|2}}
-<references/>
+==External links==
-*[http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1823110,00.html Guardian.co.uk article]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090701021230/http://www.masturbate-a-thon.org/ "Unofficial" Portland Masturbate-a-thon site] (Archived on archive.org from July, 2009).
-*[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/18/tv_spectacular/ The register.co.uk article]
-*[http://www.24dash.com/news/47/8284/index.htm 24dash.com article]
-*[http://www.londonist.com/archives/2006/07/the_masturbatea_1.php Londonist.com article]
-*[http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2003/05/02/the-royal-treatment-time-to-masturbate/ Carol Queen on NMM/Masturbate-a-Thon] Originally printed in ''The Spectator'' April 23, 2003.
+{{Masturbation}}
-=== News articles ===
-*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/07/20/britains-channel-4-plann_n_25448.html Huffington Post]
-*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1823630,00.html/ GuardianUK, C4's pleasure principle to raise eyebrows]
-*[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/05/1154198365280.html Sydney Morning Herald]
-*[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2006/07/18/channel_4_announces_wank_week_programs/7262/ United Press International]
-*[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2006/07/24/more_wank_week_programming_leaked/2948/ United Press International]
-*[http://www.flashnews.com/sections/search/search.php?query=masturbate-a-thon&searchIn=both&perPage=10&maxResults=100&page=1&SUBMIT=Search&flashnews_Session=380eda21715054b57f816b8dedcf46c2 FlashNews.com]
-*[http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEW20060805105910&Page=W&Title=World&Topic=0 Newindpress.com]
-*[http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=17688&in_page_id=2/ Metro.co.UK, C4 screen masturbation event]
-*[http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/features/latest/display.var.845804.0.tv_turnoff.php Northern Echo]
-*[http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=7&newsID=8858 24Dash.com]
-*[http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004439392 All Headline News]
-== External links ==
-*[http://www.masturbate-a-thon.co.uk/ Masturbate-a-thon UK site]
-*[http://www.masturbate-a-thon.com/ Masturbate-a-thon Official US site]
-=== Sponsoring Organizations ===
-*[http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/ Marie Stopes International]
-*[http://www.tht.org.uk/ Terrence Higgins Trust]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Masturbate-A-Thon}}
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+[[Category:Erotic events]]
-[[Category:Charity fundraisers]]
+[[Category:Charity events]]
+[[Category:Recurring events established in 1999]]
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