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53% of men and women masturbate at age 11-13 !!!
Many psychologists of the late 1800's and early 1900's believed that masturbation resulted in all sorts of physical and mental ills and should be stopped at any cost. Today the consensus is clear: Masturbation has no ill effects of any sort for men or women, girls or boys. What used to be referred to as "self-abuse" now goes by the delightful phrase "pleasuring oneself!" Only if it becomes compulsive does it become an issue of concern.
Of course, masturbation isn't really a deviation at all: Roughly 60% of men and 40% of women report having masturbated in the past year. Of men from 18 to 39, 28% do so more than once a week, 37% less than once a week, and 35% not at all. It seems that 5% of men and 11% of women report never having masturbated. On the other hand, 53% of men and 25% of women began masturbating by the time they were between 11 and 13 years old. Clearly, there is nothing wrong with not masturbating, either. (Janus, S., and Janus, C. The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior. 1993. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Laumann, E., Gagnon, J.H., Michael, R.T., and Michaels, S. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. 1994. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.)
The Average age for first sexual intercourse has gone down dramatically about 10yrs on average from this century, to compared to the 1920 s.
The average age of first intercourse in the US is 16.6 for boys and 17.2 for girls.
Age at First Intercourse
Males Females
27% by age 15 25% by age 15
45% by age 16 39% by age 16
59% by age 17 52% by age 17
69% by age 18 65% by age 18
85% by age 19 77% by age 19
Among western, industrialized nations, only Russia and Estonia (both of which are suffering badly from the social turmoil resulting from the breakdown of the Soviet Union) have more teenage pregnancies and more teenage abortions than the United States. About one million teenagers -- 10% of girls between 15 and 19 -- become pregnant every year in the US! If you take out the girls who are virgins, 19% of all girls who have had intercourse get pregnant. (Teenage pregnancy: overall trends and state-by-state information. 1999. Alan Guttmacher Institute. New York: AGI.)