Britney Spears sure isn’t coy about the meaning of “Touch of My Hand,” a tune on her much-hyped album “In the Zone.”

In case anyone remains in the dark, she reveals in the upcoming issue of People that the song is an ode to, er, masturbation.

“I think if you say you don’t do it, you’re lying,” she says. “I think it’s a positive thing to indulge in yourself in a sexual way sometimes. I don’t do it all the time. It’s life. Guys can talk about it. Why can’t girls? It’s a positive thing.”

Waxing philosophical (or waxing something), Spears goes on:

“I think it’s positive for girls not to depend on guys. Being alone – I’m one to say! – you really start to figure out what makes you happy. And then you’re able to give more to other people … When you turn yourself on, that really is what turns the guy on. So just make yourself happy and let them just kind of follow up after you.”

While those comments will certainly get folks (and perhaps even some battery-operated devices) buzzing, Spears also shares her views on the sexiest guy (“Brad Pitt or George Clooney – definitely”), on the guy she has a crush on (“Heath Ledger – I think he’s really cute”) and on her favorite date (“when one of my ex-boyfriends and I went on a horse-carriage ride in the mountains”).

In addition, she discusses her favorite kind of kiss (“when a guy just comes up and grabs you and kisses you and makes you feel really vulnerable and does it very spontaneously”), favorite place to be kissed (“your neck – definitely”), sexiest thing about a guy (“the hair and the neck, and I like being able to twist the hair right up above the neck”) and her favorite beverage (“martini – my mom likes ’em. I’m trying to get around to adjusting”).

And let’s not forget that girls from the South, presumably like Spears, “have big rumps.”

And that just about covers it.

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