MASTURBATION: WHAT IT IS The idea of masturbation is self sexual pleasure. It has to do with caressing one’s private part with one’s hand(s) or with an object to trigger sexual desire and satisfaction. Another name for masturbation is solo-sex. This is because people who engage in the act are believed to be having sex with themselves. On the contrary, masturbation seems to be sex with (an) imaginary partner(s). An imaginary sexual partner or partners is present or …