How Many Women Get Off From Solo Sex?

Masturbation is healthy and incredibly pleasurable, and sometimes it's the preferred method for getting off for the simple fact that you know what you like, and you can get things done efficiently. But how many women orgasm from masturbating? The answer, according to very recent research by CAM4 of over 8,000 women worldwide, is staggering — in a good way. The survey found that 95 percent of American women have achieved orgasm when masturbating. The study then asked those women about how easy it is to reach orgasm — Easy? Difficult? Somewhat difficult? And Americans aren’t the only ones reaping the benefits of solo sex. The study also looked at women reaching orgasms via masturbation worldwide, and it's clear women all over the world have effectively taken matters into their own hands (and vibrators).

Conversely, a very small percentage of women don’t come at all when masturbating; a mere 5 percent of American women have never orgasmed when trying to masturbate.

The women most likely to never orgasm from masturbation were the French, with as many as 15 percent of women never orgasming when taking a trip downtown. But that’s not all, CAM4 has done a lot more research into the subject, and here are the results about how often women who reach orgasm without difficulty are getting off from masturbation:

1. 84 Percent Of German Women Get Off From Masturbating

Compared to women from all nations in the study, German women were the most likely to orgasm from masturbation.

2. 83 Percent Of Dutch Women Get Off From Masturbating

Dutch women were actually least likely to orgasm from traditional vaginal sex, though.

3. 83 Percent Of American Women Get Off From Masturbating

Ranking second overall in orgasms from masturbating, American women were the most likely to orgasm from anal sex.

5. 77 Percent Of British Woman Get Off From Masturbating

In many of CAM4's results, the British seemed to always rank somewhere in the middle.

6. 76 Percent Of Canadian Women Get Off From Masturbating

Canadian women ranked lower in orgasms from vaginal sex, anal sex, and fingering than Americans.

7. 75 Percent Of Italian Women Get Off From Masturbating

Conversely, Italian women were most likely to orgasm from vaginal sex.

8. 74 Percent Of Spanish Women Get Off From Masturbating

Spanish women were also most likely to orgasm from some solo action.

9. 70 Percent Of French Women Get Off From Masturbating

Of all the nations, French women were the least likely to orgasm from masturbation and experienced the most difficulty reaching orgasm last year.

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