Ever since I can remember, I’ve used pretty much the same position while pleasuring myself. When I was a teenager I used to think I was odd — that it was a strange position, that I was probably freaky, and that the vast majority of women do it lying on their backs or something. (Now I’m sure I’m not alone; I saw a lover once assume an unlikely position while he masturbated, with his legs way up in the air.) I sort of sit on my ankles and hunch over, lifting myself up a bit. There’s something satisfying about the balance of body weight. Anyway, once sitting there, with my right hand cupped a little I bunch together my fingertips to make little circles just above my clitoris, on the hood — the glans is too sensitive. With my other hand (also cupped a little with the fingertips bunched together) I press my fingertips against the opening to my vagina, but with the labia closed over that part so it’s like hard pressure instead of penetration. The combination is great, because with my left hand I can feel every contraction as I orgasm, and somehow my hand feeling the contractions lets my brain sense them in my vagina more clearly. I’m really “there” with each contraction in a way I can’t quite always be with a penis inside instead. They’re like waves rippling throughout me.