More and more women are masturbating: why is it good news

When it comes to masturbation, women are gradually catching up with men. This is the conclusion of the sex toy brand Womanizer, which is publishing a worldwide survey for the third year in a row on the differences between men and women in masturbation practices.

Founded by Womanizer, this year’s 2022 Day of Egalitarian Masturbation will take place on Thursday, June 23… eight weeks earlier than last year! It must be said that the masturbation gap between men and women has narrowed significantly as it fell from 62% in 2021 to 47% in 2022.

According to the Womanizer* survey, conducted in ten countries among 22,315 participants, women masturbate on average 76 times a year, 23 times more than last year† In the UK, women masturbate the most: 100 times a year (up from 59 in 2021). In addition, in this region of the world, the National Day of Egalitarian Masturbation this year has been set for May 8.

If the gap seems to be shrinking drastically, However, 2022 does not mark equality in this area., points out the survey. Indeed, men masturbate on average 2.8 times a week, twice as much as women (1.4 times a week).

Clear progress… but could be even better!

The subject may seem trivial at first glance. However, masturbation is also part of the (very) long list of inequalities between men and women: mental burden, stigmatization, taboo, lack of education… Our societies do not view masturbation in the same way according to the gender of the person. doing it.

And it starts from childhood, analyze the authors of the survey who recommend opening the dialogue about masturbation “not only at school, but also at home”

“A whopping 36% of respondents believe that parents from the age of 13 should talk to their children about masturbation. Unfortunately, 18% still think that parents should not talk about this with children at all. (…) In addition, 20% of respondents learned about sex by watching pornography – a resource that quite often portrays outdated gender roles and an exaggerated masculine look”.

A postulate confirmed by journalist Lucile Bellan, author of the guide Masturbation“The idea that men have greater sexual needs than women is also a powerful stereotype that needs to be deconstructed and is also a struggle that feminists have taken on. There is also the idea that a teen who masturbates is ‘normal’. While this question is not even an issue for teenagers!”she explained to us in August 2021.

*Study conducted in collaboration with Lucid in May 2022 of 22,315 men and women from 16 countries and regions (Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, South Korea, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States).

(ETX Daily Up)

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