Stop-Start Method

The stop-start method is a similar form of training the man to control his ejaculatory reflexes and to better understand and measure sensations from sexual stimulation. For this method, the partner stimulates the man until the man instruct the partner to stop before ejaculating is inevitable. When he feels like he has regained control, the partner will continue stimulation until he instructs the stimulation to cease. After this cycle is repeated three times, the man is allowed to achieve orgasm on the fourth cycle. Like the Masters and Johnson technique, a progression steadily rises so that the degree of stimulation (ex: from manual to oral) increases each time, culminating in intercourse. This method requires a partner's cooperation but has been successful for a couple's mutual benefit.