You’re right @unknown – think about how many slang terms there are for male masturbation and how often you see it joked about in movies and comedy shows and stuff. For girls, there is a stigma attached to it and it sucks. I remember being in grade two or three and sitting cross-legged on the floor with my hands in my lap, but sort of under my school dress. In front of the whole class the teacher yelled at me “What are you doing? Get your hands out of there!” I was humiliated – and I wasn’t even doing anything! When I did start masturbating, I didn’t talk to anyone about it. My parents, even though they are pretty open about sex, never talked about the masturbation side of things and I didn’t even know if I was doing it “right”. In a way, it’s lucky we have the internet now so we can ask these questions and talk about it with someone. Hopefully some day it will be as normal to talk/joke about it as it is for guys.