Once upon a time, there was an addiction facility in California who became curious about people’s masturbation habits.
Specifically, they wanted to know how often people have ‘me time’ (so to speak).
This addiction facility – called Morningside Recovery – put together a survey.
They lovingly entitled it: “Excessive Masturbation: Do you have a Hand up on the Average American?”
(We’ll pause for a second to allow you to admire their incorporation of the phrase “hand up” in a survey about excessive masturbation.)
They surveyed over 1000 men and women (63% of respondents were women), and then released the results – some of which are very interesting. (Feel free to use any of these at your next dinner party).
– Apparently 20.4% of people masturbate at least three or more times a day.
– Only 1.4% masturbate more than 10 times a day.
– The great majority of people (79.6%) masturbate 0-2 times per day.
– While the majority (57.8%) were not ashamed about their masturbating habits, 18.3% were “extremely” ashamed and 23.8% were “slightly” ashamed.
– And on the shame factor – 45.4% said that masturbation has caused problems in their relationship.
Okay, we’ll be honest.