I didn't really know where to put this but here it is. The last couple threads I've posted asking for help I got nothing so it would be helpful if someone would respond. I'm 14 and I'm in 8th grade. I know a whole bunch of guys at my school masturbate and watch porn but I don't think many girls do. I don't watch porn or masturbate but I was wondering if it's normal for me to fantasize (not sexual, just hugs, kisses, cuddling) even though I haven't been in a steady relationship where I've gotten the chance to do any of those. I haven't had my first kiss. I have this longing to be in a relationship where I can kiss and cuddle but the last two times I tried I ended up getting really hurt. I just go online and look at women in bikinis or something and that's how I know for a fact that I'm gay :lol: but I don't masturbate or anything. Is it still normal for me to fantasize?
I think It's normal for girls to masturbate, It's just that most won't admit it because of the taboo. There's nothing wrong with you if you don't want to though.
Your perfectly normal. Your fantasies are yours and self pleasure is yours. You don't need to justify anything to anyone!!!
Years ago, it was said (probably from questionable data) that boys were far more likely to masturbate than girls (one book said 95% of all boys 16 or older masturbate while only 40% of girls do so.) I think the data is suspect because back then this was a taboo topic no one would admit to. (The joke was that 95% of boys masturbate and the other 5% are lying.) Today, I suspect the numbers are closer to parity, but even so, boys on the whole tend to have a somewhat higher sex drive than girls do, in part driven by the way testosterone works.