# Poll: Masturbation, Marriage & Gender **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864 "2009-08-27T02:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/1 "2009-08-27T02:49:33Z")
Simple poll for people who are currently married 1. How many years have you been married? 2. Are you male or female? 3. How often do you masturbate? ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/2 "2009-08-27T03:04:02Z")
8 years female almost daily ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/3 "2009-08-27T03:53:10Z")
I’ve jerked it three times since I clicked on the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/4 "2009-08-27T04:01:45Z")
11 years male almost never ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/5 "2009-08-27T05:58:41Z")
We’re not \*legally \*married, but 21 years. Male. Only when one of us is out of town. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/6 "2009-08-27T13:03:26Z")
11 years. Male. Probably 3x/week. If my wife’s away for a few days, daily. I think it helps keep me from being bored while I’m at the house and she’s not there to talk to. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/7 "2009-08-27T13:08:53Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Simple poll for people who are currently married > > 1. How many years have you been married? > 2. Are you male or female? > 3. How often do you masturbate? 1. 3 2. female 3. typically, couple of times a month - lately, almost never since we’re trying to get pregnant 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/8 "2009-08-27T13:10:14Z")
Me: 7 years Male Daily My wife: 7 years Female Never ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/9 "2009-08-27T14:13:54Z")
12 years (married or cohabitating) Female 3-6 times per week, depending on my cycle ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/10 "2009-08-27T14:41:08Z")
10 Years Male 3-10 times per week, usually 4-5 Joe ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/11 "2009-08-27T16:13:47Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. How many years have you been married? > 2. Are you male or female? > 3. How often do you masturbate? 1. 49 2. ♂ 3. can’t remember; not since the prostate went berserk ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/12 "2009-08-27T16:54:48Z")
1)15 years 2) female 3)almost never, maybe like 4 times a year. ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/13 "2009-08-27T17:29:58Z")
5 female 3 times a week on average ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/14 "2009-08-28T02:56:34Z")
OK, we didn’t get that many responses, but basically I was trying to confirm the theory that masturbation frequency will be pretty low in the beginning of the marriage, starts to increase after a few years of marriage (due to less frequent sex), then peaks, and then at some point starts to decrease (due to age-related health issues and reduction of libido) Don’t have much data to work with, but the data we do have in this thread sort of conforms to that Data for men and women together: ```auto Years Frequency (per month) 5 12 8 30 7 30 7 0 10 18 11 12 11 0 12 18 15 0.33 49 0 ``` Data for women only: ```auto Years Frequency (per month) 5 12 8 30 7 0 12 18 15 0.33 ``` Data for women only: ```auto Years Frequency (per month) 7 30 10 18 11 12 11 0 49 0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/15 "2009-08-29T02:40:56Z")
Well, o.k., in the interest of science… 15 years Female Almost daily ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/16 "2009-08-29T02:57:11Z")
21 years Female 4x week I’m glad to see so many women in this thread that enjoy masturbating. My gf thinks I’m crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/17 "2009-08-29T03:10:45Z")
11 Years (well, not married for that long, but living together.) Male About 2 - 3 times per week. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/18 "2009-08-29T06:33:35Z")
We need some newlyweds in this thread! (to fill out the curve at the lower end of the spectrum) ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/19 "2009-08-29T06:36:48Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > 21 years > Female > 4x week You’re destroying the pattern 🙂 > [@](#): > > My gf thinks I’m crazy. Wait, are you gay or straight? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864/20 "2009-08-29T13:41:40Z")
Hmm. Well, I have two answers: 1. 8 years 2. Female 3. Maybe 3-4 times/month, at the most, and all of them usually at night when I wake up from a sexually charged dream. But, now that I’m pregnant and my hormones are raging: 3) About 5 times/week…sometimes following a dream, and sometimes, just 'cause. Hubby **Deathllama’s** stats: 1. 8 years 2. Male 3. About 2-7 times/week, depending. (I’m thinking the 7x/week might be, for example, during the months of morning sickness where EVERYthing made me want to puke. Sex? Pass.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-masturbation-marriage-gender/507864.md?page=2)