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h pop ula r so ng s, m ovie s, and te le vis io n sh o w s make mentio n of
f e m ale mastu rb atio n, o r th e use of vib ra to rs or d ild os, it is no t a comm on to p ic of
d is c ussio n. M en and wom en are more li k e ly to make mentio n of b oys and men
m astu rb atin g th a n gir ls and wom en. It is giv e n th a t m en and boys m astu rb a te ,
b ut fo r g ir ls and wom en, e ve n th o ug h it is comm only acc ep te d th a t it is oka y fo r
t h e m to do it , th e y are no t exp ec te d to . If a wom an doe s no t kn o w th a t he r
p eers m astu rb ate and th a t t he y pre su m e th a t sh e does, sh e is le ss li k e ly to do it ,
o r if sh e doe s, sh e fee ls guilty fo r doin g it . Ev e n if it is acc ep ta b le to do
s o m eth in g , p eop le are le ss li k e ly to do it if th e y do no t kn o w th a t t he ir p ee rs d o it .
S in c e wom en do no t gene ra lly ta lk about it , it is pre su m ed th a t t he y do no t
m astu rb ate .
A comm on mis c onc ep tio n of w om en is th a t b ec a use th e y ha ve a part n e r, th e y
d o no t fee l th e y sh o uld ha ve to ; or if th e y are sin g le , m astu rb atin g would
s u b sta ntia te th e ir sin g le sta tu s. If th e y were no t sin g le , th e y would no t ha ve to
m astu rb ate . So in ste a d of m astu rb a tin g , th e y go in se a rc h of a pa rt n e r. W hic h is
n o t t he so lu tio n and ty p ic a ll y re su lt s in unfu lf ill e d d esir e s.

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in c e mastu rb atio n is s ee n as a "s o lo " a ctiv it y , so m e wom en wit h part n e rs do no t
f e el i t is app ro p ria te fo r th e m to mastu rb ate . If yo u ha ve a part n e r, it is belie ve d
t h a t yo ur se xu a l a ctiv it ie s w it h th e m sh o uld fu lf il l a ll yo ur se xu a l ne e