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May is National Masturbation Month, and we're celebrating withFeeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure.

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Having an image permanently immortalized on your flesh vessel is a big decision. What will you go for? Some delicate, detailed floral patches? Your mom's name?

Or how about something a bit more saucy?

Sex tattoos. People get them. They're usually pretty bad, though. The artistic designs are too graphic, or just terrible on the sheer principle of getting a dickplastered on a visible part of your body alone.

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But masturbation-themed tattoos are a relatively recent subset of tattoos that, when done tastefully, can be cheeky and sexy in the best of ways. They're an ode to self-love without the brazen aura sex tattoos usually give off (alerting everyone in the vicinity that "this person fucks").

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The most successful ones are confidently sex positive. The worst enter into "think about the eyes of your future grandchildren" territory. We've waded through a lot of horny ink to give you the best, most erotic self-pleasure tats around.

(Note: Most of these tattoos are of vaginas. No shade to thepeniout there, this just seems to be a general tattoo trend. They're also mostly NSFW.)

1. "I'll love me enough for both of us."

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2. Now, that's what I call a graphic novel.

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3. To yourself, with love.

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4. "Wet dreams 🌊"

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5. Lifting the velvet curtain

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6. The universe is in your own hands.

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7. This one gives a whole new meaning to "flower pressing."

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8. [Mariah Carey voice] "Touch my body, put me on the floor..."

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9. This one's for all you sapiosexuals out there.

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10. Two hands are better than one.

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11. Help me, help you.

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12. Very Georgia O'Keeffe vibes here

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13. Well, that's one way to do it.

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14. Talk about self-L-O-V-E.

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15. Fun in the sun

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16. Take a hit and enjoy yourself.

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17. ...Sure.

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18. Romeo + Juliet

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19. A real sex bob-omb

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20. "Long live the love."

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21. There's nothing sexier than the abstract concept of Death.

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We hope these have inspired some ideas for your next ink ... or at the very least, for your next self-lovesession.

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