# Women, Masturbation and Porn **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2005, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312 "2005-03-13T08:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PopCultureReference\_11one](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@PopCultureReference\_11one](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopCultureReference_11one)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/1 "2005-03-13T08:43:18Z")
I’m just curious how many women enjoy watching porn and/or masturbate. I was always under the impression that women are far less likely indulge themselves in such things but I’m starting to learn otherwise. So ladies, feel free the chip in even if you _dont_ masturbate and/or watch porn because i wouldn’t want a biased sample (even if it is kinda inevitable). ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/2 "2005-03-13T09:24:19Z")
I’m sure you already know my answer, as I’ve been quite vocal in the porn threads lately. But, for posterity: Yes, I watch porn and enjoy it. Yes, I masturbate. Yes, sometimes I do both at the same time, or just one, or just the other. Yes, I am a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/3 "2005-03-13T09:44:47Z")
I haven’t watched much porn lately, but I do enjoy some every now and then. Of course I masturbate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sweetfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sweetfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetfreak)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/4 "2005-03-13T11:01:13Z")
Yes, I masturbate. Yes, I watch porn once in awhile, if I am in the right mood. ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/5 "2005-03-13T12:42:59Z")
me me me though really, reading porn and/or just looking at pictures usually does more for me than actual moving porn. donno why. how do you mean you think we’re less likely to indulge (etc etc)? you think there are fewer women who do it, or that we don’t do it as often, or both? because honestly, you’d probably be right about both. ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/6 "2005-03-13T14:08:23Z")
Yes to both, though I generally prefer reading erotica to watching porn. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/7 "2005-03-13T15:52:33Z")
written or film [ok dvd…] dont tend to masturbate, mrAru is home every night now and doesnt go to sea any more, and I can get it whenever I want to=) nothing against masturbation, i just really prefer the real deal, and being female means that it is easier to find a guy and get laid than a guy trying to find a girl and get laid=) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/8 "2005-03-13T15:57:39Z")
I masturbate. I’ll also watch soft-core or goth/mild S&M fetish porn (anything else is just ooky to me…). I don’t do both at the same time. And, yes, I’m female. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/9 "2005-03-13T16:03:02Z")
female…check porn…check(in fact, literotica is my first bookmarked site) masturbation…definite check My SO was shocked the first time we ever discussed masturbation. He told me that no other girlfriend would admit to doing it and they would get mad at him for watching porn and/or masturbating. Now it is a regular part of our sex life. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/10 "2005-03-13T17:30:46Z")
I like porn, the dirtier, the better (although there are a few things here and there that don’t turn me on). I read most often, but mostly because it’s easier to find the sort of thing I like in words than pictures. And I masterbate, usually daily or more. The thing about girls is their sexual response doesn’t fade out in childhood like boys, so I never really stopped with the recreational exploratory masterbation that toddlers do. ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/11 "2005-03-13T17:56:28Z")
I masturbate. Visual stuff doesn’t do much for me and anyway I can’t seem to watch porn without laughing, so that’s out. Occasionally I likes me some written erotica, but it doesn’t necessarily add anything to the experience. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/12 "2005-03-13T21:08:12Z")
> [@Cerri](#): > > Yes to both, though I generally prefer reading erotica to watching porn. I totally agree. I haven’t seen much (video) porn, and it didn’t do anything for me. I masturbate fairly often. And ummm… I find reading erotica, umm… intensifies the experience. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/13 "2005-03-13T21:16:39Z")
> [@Angel of the Lord](#): > > I’ll also watch soft-core or goth/mild S&M fetish porn (anything else is just ooky to me…). Sounds like fun! Not to hijack the thread, but do you have any recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![RFBluesValentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@RFBluesValentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RFBluesValentine)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/14 "2005-03-14T04:23:22Z")
70% of women masturbate. The other 30% lie. ;\> Usually once a day for me, occasionally less often… and “what you said” to everyone who doesn’t like pictures and movies as much as text. In fact, next time I have play money, I think it’ll go toward more one-handed reading. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/15 "2005-03-14T04:35:29Z")
> [@RFBluesValentine](#): > > 70% of women masturbate. The other 30% lie. ;\> that’s a pretty common misconception… I’m sure you were just kidding, but I figured I’d clear it up since it’s one a lot of people (especially guys) have about sexually active women. I was sexually active for 5 years before I ever masturbated. it got pretty annoying trying to convince my friends, every time they’d ask _for five years_, that I wasn’t lying. I realize I’m probably the exception… but still, such women do exist. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/16 "2005-03-14T04:36:22Z")
I like porn. A lot. My favorite type is boy’s love manga, but I have been known to read erotica, look at pictures on my favorite sites and download videos. I watch both masturbatory porn and just-because-it’s-interesting porn. Sometimes I masturbate when looking at the porn and sometimes I just masturbate. There are very few men that have my porn collection or my sex drive. (or at least, that admit to it) I have about 13 gigs of excellent porn on my computer and I’m always looking for more! ---
**Author:** ![Imbrium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Imbrium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imbrium)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/17 "2005-03-14T05:17:37Z")
I masturbate, and I like porn. Count me as one who likes reading it better than watching it. I’m not sure if women indulge less than men, but I think men are encouraged to be more open about it than women are. There are a lot of jokes about how men think about sex all the time. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/18 "2005-03-14T05:40:56Z")
[hijack] **even sven** : > [@](#): > > And I masterbate, usually daily or more. The thing about girls is their sexual response doesn’t fade out in childhood like boys, so I never really stopped with the recreational exploratory masterbation that toddlers do. I’ve heard about this alleged male “fade out during childhood” thingie before. When does it allegedly occur? ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/19 "2005-03-14T05:53:06Z")
I’m not really into porn - but I’ll watch it if its on I guess. I don’t know, I’ve honestly never really sat down and watched it, or rented or purchased any either. This makes me sound like a prude, but I don’t masterbate. I’ve tried and I can’t. Its like I know its me and my otherwise vivid imagination can’t get past that its ME doing this to myself, not a man. However, like I said, I have a VIVID imagination and I still consider myself rather sexual. I am constantly thinking about men and sex…_constantly_. I’ve managed to get myself off on imagination alone (no hands), and according to my Ex, thats an accomplishment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312/20 "2005-03-14T05:59:31Z")
Female, and masturbating as much as any guy my age (23). However, I’m not really interested in porn and have seen very little. I have no problems with it, but beyond satisfying a mild curiosity, I’ve never had the desire for porn. However, I reserve the right to become interested in the future. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-masturbation-and-porn/294312.md?page=2)