Vibrator Use Linked to Positive Sexual Function; Prevalent With the Average American

Men, do you get hard at the idea of keeping your lady friend sexually satisfied and hungry for more? Introducing a vibrator into the bedroom might just be what you’re looking for! 

Not only will she be exhausted with pleasure, but new data proves vibrator use increases positive sexual health for both men and women. 

According to recent studies conducted by the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University, the use of vibrators among Americans is not only common, but is also beneficial to one’s sexual health. The national samples reported that approximately 45 percent of men and 53 percent of women, ages 18 to 60, use vibrators.

Men who incorporated vibrators in their sex life* scored higher when measuring sexual function using the International Index of Erectile Function. This index is broken down into erectile function, intercourse satisfaction, orgasmic function and sexual desire. For women who used vibrators, their level of sexual function scored higher according to their levels of desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, pain, and overall function.

“The study about women’s vibrator use affirms what many doctors and therapists have known for decades — that vibrator use is common, it’s linked to positive sexual function such as desire and ease of orgasm, and it’s rarely associated with any side effects,” said Debby Herbenick, associate director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion.

Michael Reece, director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, said the studies are important for the contributions they make to an understanding of the sexual behaviors and sexual health of adults in today’s society.

“The study about male vibrator use is additionally important because it shows that vibrator use is also common among men, something that has not been documented before,” Reece said. “Also, both studies help us to further understand the way in which American consumers are turning to the marketplace for products that promote their sexual health, and that has important economic implications.”

Vibrator users were also more likely to have conducted behaviors that promoted sexual health, such genital self-examination (i.e., testicular self-exam) and gynecological exam.

As sexual a person as I consider myself to be, and despite studies such as this one, I bashfully admit that I don’t own a vibrator. Ridiculous, I know, but I don’t think I’d ever leave the house with a Godsend such as that in my power. On second thought…what am I saying?! Just thinking about it now is making my body temperature rise! Off to the adult store I go!!!

Full article here.

*Statistics did not identify vibrator users as heterosexual or homosexual.