Nearly 80 per cent of women masturbate to orgasm at some stage in their lives. The average rate of masturbation is just under once per week – slightly higher in the week or so before ovulation. A woman is also more likely to masturbate, and to masturbate more often, as she gets older, at least up to the age of forty. The commonest method of female masturbation is to stimulate the clitoris, usually with just the fingers. Sometimes fingers are pushed into the vagina but this is most often a complement to clitoral stimulation, not a replacement. On occasion, a penis substitute may be inserted in ... (
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