Rawstory reports on a large survey done by the Rutgers Nisso group comparing the sexual behaviour of the Dutch today with that of 15 years ago.
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Seems that our trusty friends in the Netherlands are not averse to a spot of porn watching, and Dutch women are very keen for it.
She found that 80 per cent of men used pornography, with two thirds doing so at least once a month. The fact that the use of pornography is normal, in statistical terms at least, means that judgements on whether it is harmful are difficult to make.
The finding that 40 per cent of women did so too was perhaps more surprising, although only half of them did so regularly. The better educated the woman, the more likely they were to look at pornography.
The survey found that three quarters of women masturbated, 18 per cent of them at least once a week, and that the use of sex toys was on the rise, with four out of 10 ten making use of one.
The “better educated” thing is particularly interesting, I think. I can only speculate on the reasons for it. Perhaps women who have had a higher education are more at ease with their sexuality, having been exposed to liberal attitudes at university. Just a vague theory, of course, one I made up as I typed it.