The effects of sex and handedness on masturbation laterality and other lateralised motor behaviours
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Rodway, P., Thoma, V. and Schepman, A. 2022. The effects of sex and handedness on masturbation laterality and other lateralised motor behaviours. Laterality. 27 (3), pp. 324-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2021.2006211
Authors | Rodway, P., Thoma, V. and Schepman, A. |
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Abstract | Masturbation is a common human behaviour. Compared to other unimanual behaviours it has unique properties, including increased sexual and emotional arousal, and privacy. Self-reported hand preference for masturbation was examined in 104 left-handed and 103 right-handed women, and 100 left-handed and 99 right-handed men. Handedness (modified Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, EHI), footedness, eyedness, and cheek kissing preferences were also measured. Seventy nine percent used their dominant hand (always/usually) for masturbation, but left-handers (71.5%) were less consistently lateralised to use their dominant hand than right-handers (86.5%). Hand preference for masturbation correlated more strongly with handedness (EHI), than with footedness, eyedness, or cheek preference. There was no difference in masturbation frequency between left and right-handers, but men masturbated more frequently than women, and more women (75%) than men (33%) masturbated with sex aids. For kissing the preferred cheek of an emotionally close person from the viewer’s perspective, left-handers showed a left-cheek preference, and right-handers a weaker right-cheek preference. The results suggest that hemispheric asymmetries in emotion do not influence hand preference for masturbation but may promote a leftward shift in cheek kissing. In all, masturbation is lateralised in a similar way to other manual motor behaviours in left-handed and right-handed men and women. |
Keywords | vibrator; head-tilt; stimulation; genitals; health |
Journal | Laterality |
Journal citation | 27 (3), pp. 324-352 |
ISSN | 1357-650X |
1464-0678 | |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Repository staff only |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2021.2006211 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 26 Nov 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 10 Nov 2021 |
Deposited | 22 Nov 2021 |
Copyright holder | © 2021 The Auhors |
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