broadly speaking , no one wants to suddenly see a bright Christ Within throw off on their masturbating . It ’s probably coming from the hall and that ’s decidedly not how this was supposed to terminate .   But a new survey of 1,032 people is shin a light source on onanism habits in a direction that wo n’t be come after by a hebdomad of awkward glance in the living way .

Conducting by the grownup toy dog companyWe Vibe , it ’s a limited resume , but with so few surveys really digging into the topic , it provides some interesting details , and it comes perfectly time for Masturbation Month – that annual tradition where everyone stay on to jack off like they normally would .

Here are a few highlights from the survey :

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1 in 3 Men and 1 in 5 Women Masturbate to Celebrities

Both sexes are concerned in count at or thinking about renown while accept aid of their business . Among men , the top muse was Jennifer Lopez . Other name at the top of the unsurprising leaning – more fully fleshed out in the intelligence cloud above – were Carrie Underwood , Jennifer Lawrence , Scarlet Johansson , Jessica Alba , Emma Watson , and Kim Kardashian .

For women , Magic Mikeappears to have penetrated the collective psyche , with Channing Tatum taking top honors . Others getting their fair portion of fantasy votes ? Ryan “ Hey Girl ” Gosling , Adam Levine , Johnny Depp , Justin Timberlake , and more , pictured in the word swarm below .

Everyone Uses Sex Toys

We Vibe says that women are 16 times as likely to use sex toy , but that 5 % of menalwaysuse a sexual activity toy when masturbating .

How to Spice Things Up

Unsurprisingly , more men than women believe that watch porn is go to help them keep their ego - pleasing secret plan worthwhile . 91 % of males think find out new porn content is going to spice things up , while just 67 % of women feel the same .

53 % of women believe incorporate new toys is a good fashion to keep things interesting , while just 22 % of hands agreed .

Talking About It

A sedate 22 % say that they never babble out openly about their sex activity life . That was the most prevalent in responder aged 55 and up ( 48 % ) , the unemployed ( 35 % ) and multitude who do not purchase or expend sex toys ( 38 % ) .

The demographic that most frequently say they adorn when discussing their sex life was the $ 76,000 to $ 100,000 income wall bracket ( 26 % said they had ) , and the $ 100,000 to $ 150,000 angle bracket ( 25 % ) .

At the opposite ending of the spectrum , 29 % of answerer mature 18 to 21 sound out they had say people they were feature less sexuality than they were ( hello , being in college and chaffer your parents on the weekend ) . The next high age angle bracket was 22 to 34 , where just 18 % said they had downplayed their sex life .

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