Why aren’t young women wanking?

A recent survey found that 42 per cent of gen Z women hadn’t masturbated at all in the last three months. Below, we investigate the solo sex recession

Why aren’t young women wanking?
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When Ayo’s* female friends talk about masturbating, she nods along. Sometimes she even joins in. “It sounds stupid but I just pretend that I do it,” the 27-year-old admits. “I feel embarrassed to tell my friends that I don’t touch myself, because I worry it would make me sound like a prude, or like I’m betraying my progressive values.”

On paper, Ayo’s generation should have nothing to hide. More than half of gen Z women call themselves feminists, far more than theirhellip;

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