Know What You Like & How You Like It?
The Scientific Research
Shere Hite. Remember her name. In 1976, she performed in-depth research into female sexuality in the USA. In 2000, she updated this report with research from women in the UK & Commonwealth and called it “The New Hite Report: The revolutionary report on female sexuality”.
This report revealed that 39% of UK women masturbate daily and 47% of UK women masturbate once a week. Astonishing. And there’s the media thinking that it’s just men who are a bunch of masturbators…
Anyway, The Hite Report defines six types of female masturbation and only 11% of women claim to use more than one of these methods…
Style | How? | What She Likes | Suggested Toys |
The Classic (used by 73% of women) | Woman lies on her side or back and uses her hand, finger or vibrator to stimulate the clitoris and/or wider vulval area | Direct clitoral stimulation and is unlikely to orgasm through penetrative sex alone | All Myla toys are good for this |
The Tummy Rub (5.5%) | Woman lies on her stomach and uses her hand or finger to stimulate the clitoris and/or wider vulval area | Less direct stimulation | Spoon, Spot, Sphere, Pebble & Mojo |
The Pillow (4%) | Woman thrusts herself against a soft object, usually in a sitting position | Stimulation across the whole pelvic area | Mojo |
The Thigh High (3%) | Rhythmic rubbing together of the thighs (hands-free!) | Gentle, indirect stimulation of the clitoris is needed | Massage gels and oils – MY Jellies |
The Water Massage (2%) | A shower head or water pistol is used to spray water rhythmically over the clitoris | Gentle stimulation | Spoon, Steel |
Penetration (1.5%) | Closely resembles intercourse | Penetration | Spoon, Pebble, C-Shell, Bone, Steel, My Toy and Geisha Bunny |