Going Solo part 2

Mar 28, 2007 08:43

njyoder pointed out several articles I missed yesterday on masturbation. All studies seem to uphold the hypothesis that men are more likely to masturbate than women. Their results, in order of publication date:

gert hald, race, mohsen janghorbani, niklas langstrom, sex, ingbeth larson, gender differences, orgasm, r karl hanson, sex differences, masturbation, cindy meston, sexual activity, makeda gerressu, njyoder, harold leitenberg, carl-goran svedin

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drinkywinky March 28 2007, 13:45:54 UTC
Is there some scheme for getting rid of people censoring themselves? Seems tough to account for people who masturbate but do not admit to it, or who don't masturbate and walk out of a study that asks about it.

I remember hearing about one market research firm which found out that, according to self reported results, impotence never happened to Mexicans.

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differenceblog March 28 2007, 14:41:33 UTC
Yesterday's post talked about the "bogus pipeline" method (which basically fakes people out with a lie detector), but generally -- it's nearly impossible to avoid self-report bias.

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detonate_for_me March 28 2007, 15:26:08 UTC
I never believed my female friends who said they didn't masturbate. Bunch of liars. Wait, I was lying about it, too. No girl would EVER admit to doing that!

I started doing it when I was 10. I think the study is wrong.

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differenceblog March 28 2007, 15:30:32 UTC
So, do you think it's entirely a reporting issue: that women really do masturbate at levels equal to men? I suspect there is a significant reporting bias, but I suspect this is a gender difference with some reality to it.

For one thing, it's just a lot easier for most men to masturbate.

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detonate_for_me March 28 2007, 15:35:29 UTC
Easier how? SRSLY. For me, all it takes is a little rubbing through my clothes. No mess, no cleanup. It doesn't take long.

It's probably true that women really do masturbate less frequently than men (I guess; I do it more often than all the men I know, apparently I'm weird), but not THAT much less. And it may be true that fewer women do it, but I find that hard to believe.

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differenceblog March 28 2007, 16:03:59 UTC
For me, all it takes is a little rubbing through my clothes.
Color me envious. Before testosterone, it took me erotica, over an hour, and usually mechanical assistance.

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vinnie_tesla March 28 2007, 15:46:06 UTC
"People who report consuming pornography are more likely to report masturbating" strikes me as one of those shocking study results like "hospital patients are less healthy than the general population." On the other hand, popular wisdom is occasionally wrong, and I suppose you only find those instances by actually checking.

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differenceblog March 28 2007, 16:05:43 UTC
There was a headline in the Boston Globe in February which read: "Study: Sex makes young people feel good." I love some of these results.

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vinnie_tesla March 28 2007, 20:44:30 UTC
When presented with a choice between a cookie and being hit on the thumb with a hammer, over 98% of those surveyed picked the cookie.

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differenceblog March 28 2007, 20:48:06 UTC
Cake or death?

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erisedraine March 28 2007, 18:30:49 UTC
I also agree with detonate_for_me that women are less likely to say that they masturbate. I know among my own female friends that many won't admit to it... or at least, I had a friend in a past conversation they said they didn't and in later conversations said they were lying because they were too embarrassed to admit to it.

However, that said, I do think the studies have some basis because I know personally compared to my male friends they wank a lot more frequently than I do.

And I don't think it's easier for men to masturbate. I can get off just fine and if I'm in the right mood pretty quickly too... :S

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differenceblog March 28 2007, 20:58:17 UTC
I think that just means that you and detonate_for_me are lucky. MacNeil and Byers (1997) reported:

Fifty-nine percent of the men and 68% of the women reported one or more sexual problems for themselves. Further, 59% of the men and 38% of the women reported one or more sexual problems for their partners. The two most common sexual problems for the men were "reaching orgasm too quickly" and "trouble getting sexually excited". Similarly, the women reported that their two most common sexual problems were "difficulty reaching orgasm" and "trouble getting sexually excited".

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