Intelligent people masturbate more, study finds
A curious correlation between sexual habits and academic training.
The scientific data that we are sometimes offered are only relatively accurate, since people tend to lie quite often. lie quite often.
We do not tell the whole truth, especially on those subjects that make us uncomfortable or are culturally taboo. One of the most obvious is sex, where "normality" is a blurred concept. But every now and then a scientific study appears that sheds some light on the question of how we relate to the other sex and to ourselves.
Intelligent people masturbate more regularly, study reveals
A recent investigation carried out in the United States has revealed a curious correlation between two variables: a person's level of studies and the frequency of masturbation, finding that they are people with higher educational backgrounds are more likely to masturbate more frequently..
This interesting and controversial study has been carried out by the National School of Sexual Health and Behavior directed by the psychologist specialized in sexual behavior Debby Herbenick, a leading researcher at the Kinsey Institute in the United States of America. She has led this research, finding that people with a higher academic level tend to masturbate more habitually.
According to the Catalan science popularizer Pere Estupinyà in his book S=EX2the research was fully funded by a well-known condom corporation, and consisted of surveying a total of 6,000 US citizens between 14 and 90 years of age, rigorously selected, with extensive follow-up of the participants, This is one of the most comprehensive studies on how human beings in today's societies experience sex.. The data and results of these surveys have been the subject of much attention.
Research findings
As the scrutiny of the surveys has revealed, 71.5% of women between the ages of 25 and 29 admit to having masturbated in the last year.. A more modest 46.5% of women aged between 60 and 69 say they have done so in the past 365 days.
If we move to slightly older ages, as is the case of people over 70 years of age, the study reported that 33% say they have masturbated in the last year; a rather high figure if we take into account the popular belief that sex is not present in the lives of the elderly.
It seems that better educated people are more likely to engage in onanism.
Other conclusions of the study were, for example, the correlation between the academic level of the subject and the correlation of this variable with the frequency of masturbation. As the headline of the news item reads, it seems that there is a tendency that, the higher the level of education, the more frequently the individual masturbates..
On the other hand, the survey also showed that 25% of men and only 5% of women confessed to having consulted pornographic content on the Internet in the last month. content on the Internet in the last month. Another interesting fact, and that has to do with protection in sexual relations, is that 28% of men claim to have lost their erection when they were about to put on a condom in at least one of their last three sexual encounters.
Bibliographic references:
- Original study: http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/resources/FAQ.html
(Updated at Apr 13 / 2024)