IMHO!!!! Only!

Couple of things. You state that you have "standards"....then ur natural urges win.
You answered your own question. It's natural to masturbate especially as a teen ager Bec your exploring your own body. Do me a favor.
Go masturbate today & afterwards pat urself on the back. You deserve it, you did nothing wrong & it was awesome. Ride that wave of positive energy afterwards & give yourself a break from your standards....which are probably telling you "you did a bad thing!"

I think if you let this energy flow thru you & use the positive feelings from it, you won't want to masturbate as often.
You might see it as "bad" but you pine for it & what do we want then?? We want more of the bad.
Make sense?
So don't make it into something that's wrong or bad. The feelings from an orgasm can last all day!

So it sounds like you wanto get into dating. And you're also very aware of yourself & the possibility of something going too fast just for sex. That's pretty smart of you to put that together.

My suggestion IMHO, careful who you date! Yes there are women out there that will sleep with you right away & want sex as much as you do. So be aware of them & maybe pass them by for a relationship you're looking for.
But if you do get caught up in the heat of the moment.....protect yourself.
Sometimes we aren't thinking clearly then.