International Masturbation Month

[4][5][6] The first National Masturbation Day was held on May 7, 1995, after sex-positive retailer Good Vibrations declared the day in honor of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who was fired by President Bill Clinton in 1994 for suggesting masturbation be part of the sex education curriculum for students.

This contrasts with business activity in the earlier period, when "anti-masturbation business" activity promoted the purchase and sale of items such as erection equipment, dildos, sex dolls,[12] sleepwear, and semen spill prevention equipment.

Now in the sex toy business, there has been a boom in sales of series of masturbation support tools.

It's easy to work every day knowing that all of our products help millions of people fulfill the desire of most".

[14] From January 1 to 5, 2017, TENGA, a health, sex company in Japan, launched the #DoItInMay campaign to commemorate Masturbation Month and aims to increase dialog, raise the level of accepted culture revolving around sexual health, and pleasure itself overcomes taboos.