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In 2023, **** percent of French males and **** percent of French females declared that they had practiced masturbation at least once in their lifetime. When looking at more studies, it may be stated that men tend to masturbate more than women. However, younger generations, influenced by feminism and the #MeToo movement, appear to be more open-minded about women’s sexuality.

A gender gap in masturbation?

According to the results of the survey, conducted among the French, French men practiced masturbation more than their female counterparts. However, the share of women having masturbated at least once in their lifetime grew significantly between 1992 and 2023. This masturbation gap also seems to be relevant when it comes to the frequency of masturbation. In a survey from 2014, most of the French women who had masturbated in the last three months declared that they masturbated at least a month. When the same question was asked to French men, the majority of them answered that they masturbated at least a week. 

Women’s sexuality

Generally speaking, gender differences in masturbation practices can be seen in every country. In the United States, men seem to masturbate alone more than women, regardless of age. In the Netherlands, ** percent of females never masturbate, compared to ** percent of males. In 2015 in France, ** percent of women declared that masturbation was one of the sexual practices that made it easy for them to reach orgasm, while ** percent said that penetration allowed them to easily reach orgasm.