AskMen.com article "Cyber Sex: How To Do It."

This is a three-year-old AskMen.com article about how to "do cybersex" written for men by men: Cyber Sex: How To Do It. It is accompanied by a reader poll with the following results:

First Impression
This article makes me...

♣ 44% Think
♣ 30% Laugh
♣ 11% A Better Man
♣ 7% Sad
♣ 4% Happy
♣ 4% Furious

I'm suddenly glad I have no such poll running for this thread. Furious and sad? I hope not. C'est la vie.

Also, there are 1063 (or 1089 depending on which counter you use) comments to the article. And it's a small and fairly flimsy article.

Some advice snippets from the article:

Some women want nasty, vulgar language, while others prefer the "we're walking on the beach and you look over my way," kind of lingo. Feel her out before you start engaging in the fantasy talk.

If you don't have a mic, don't type things like "gasp, gasp" or "oh yeah, baby, yeah!" As well, being a good speller helps a lot, especially if the other person is.

I think that second one is a bit idealistic.

David Strovney, the man who wrote the article, suggests that a man's opening line, when not in front of an avatar, be "What are you wearing?" which makes a kind of sense, but is dangerously de rigueur and smacks of pedestrian Wannafuckery.

Another tip David gives is to touch yourself. I think this is sound advice.

There is also this interesting bit of practical advice, which I could debate, depending on the man's goal (no, it is not always just a release... no really...and it is certainly not always to take turns or ensure mutual satisfaction):

If you don't have a mic or a cam, then, rather than masturbate with one hand and type with the other, rotate. Let her write while you satisfy yourself, and then, after you climax, you do the writing while she gets off.

The rest of it is pretty slim except for the usual warnings about not staying indoors too much and not giving up too much real-life information to a stranger you're jacking off with on the internet.

Advice from one of the readers commenting on the article:

cyber sex is frustation keep away from it

Some other comments on that article that would likely not surprise you:

could cyber sex ever be cheating? or is it just a resource to help get you off?

I love cyber sex I dont have sex at home anymore its been 4 years sence the last time me and my wife had sex so i turn to cyber sex and love it

I am dating a dominant male who wants to know some things I will do to make up a bad night to him. Being new to this male dominance role situation I am completely lost- Can someone give me suggestions of what he wants to hear?

This sounds like an enlightened guy:

You should always respect your partner. All the rules of real sex apply: you need to talk the talk, do the foreplay, and make sure you please them or else you won't be dealing with a repeat customer in the future. Initiating it is tricky---you don't need to come full out and say "i'm horny let's talk"...let it be real and come about naturally.

Although I'm not so sure about how helpful the suggestion to "be real and come about naturally" is for casual cybersex as opposed to cyber-relationships.

And, of course, of the 1089 comments to the article, I think a substantial amount of them are:

hie there...any girl interested in cyber??

Male here, willing to do anything you like ;3 Message me on AIM as ____________, Ill fulfill anything you want.

And then the inevitable spammers.

Repost.  http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/thats-what-she-said.772/page-21#post-31223