Una mirada a la masturbación femenina: estudio descriptivo transversal en mujeres universitarias del área metropolitana de Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Guarín-Serrano, Rocío; María Mujica-Rodríguez, Ale Ana; del Pilar Cadena-Afanador, Laura; Ignacio Useche-Aldana, Bernardo

Introduction: Masturbation is a topic that contains multiple messages, both culturally negative and positive for sexology. This diversity becomes a window to explore female sexuality. Objective: To establish the prevalence of female masturbation among university students from the metropolitan area of Bucaramanga, Colombia. Materials and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study using a self-report questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential analysis was performed finding a significance level of p<0.05. Results: 1 039 women were surveyed (median age: 20, IQR: 4). The prevalence of masturbation was 32.2%, of which only 73.1% reached orgasm through this stimulation. 1 in 3 women who do not masturbate reported anorgasmia. Masturbation was more frequent in women >35 years of age, from high socioeconomic status, non-religious or Catholic with little or no religiousness, who study, work independently and self-identify as bisexual. Conclusions: 1 in 3 women who claim that they do not masturbate reported orgasmic dysfunction; therefore, masturbatory activities are a protective factor for the dysfunction. Providing self-exploration education is important so that women can get to know their body and fully enjoy their sexuality.

COLOMBIA; MASTURBATION; WOMEN'S sexual behavior; METROPOLITAN areas; ORGASM; COLLEGE students; CROSS-sectional method

Revista Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2019, Vol 67, Issue 1, p63

0120-0011

Academic Journal

10.15446/revfacmed.v67n1.64125