We all know what it is, manipulating your genitals to the point of intense pleasure or orgasm.
While masturbation can involve another person, most think of it as a very private act.
According to some health care providers masturbation allows a healthy way to express and explore your sexuality and to release sexual tension without all the associated risks of sexual intercourse.
Health professionals generally agree that this private touching is a natural, normal mode of self-exploration and sexual expression.
Most surveys suggest that approximately 94% of teenage males "admitted" that they masturbated and about 70% of teen females "admitted" to it too.
This is great that teens are finally able to do the deed without guilt. Hopefully this will cut down the rate of teenage pregnancies.
Teaching Masturbation?
In the 1970s and 1980s, a woman named Betty Dodson, Ph.D., achieved much fame from her approach to masturbation.
She held classes for women to teach them how to masturbate. Dodson believed women needed to overcome certain degrees of repression instilled by the church.
Interesting??
In 1994 Dr. Jocelyn Elders, the second woman appointed to the position of U.S. Surgeon General, lost her job as Surgeon General because she dared to say that masturbation should actually be taught in schools.
Her Mistake
Was probably when she said, "It's practicing for sex."
History of Masturbation:
Around the turn-of-the-century, some adults were so against masturbation that they forced their daughters to wear gloves made of a steel-wool-like material (like Brillo pads) at night so they wouldn't touch.
They made their sons wear metal chastity belts to cause a painful erection.
During the 1820s, some parents prevented male masturbation by piercing the foreskin with a wire and soldering the ends together. Boys and girls were discouraged from masturbation by the threat of blindness, madness and illness.
All kinds of chastity belts and other devices were used to prevent masturbation, probably as far back in history as you can go.
This will vary from culture to culture
While masturbation can involve another person, most think of it as a very private act.
According to some health care providers masturbation allows a healthy way to express and explore your sexuality and to release sexual tension without all the associated risks of sexual intercourse.
Health professionals generally agree that this private touching is a natural, normal mode of self-exploration and sexual expression.
Most surveys suggest that approximately 94% of teenage males "admitted" that they masturbated and about 70% of teen females "admitted" to it too.
This is great that teens are finally able to do the deed without guilt. Hopefully this will cut down the rate of teenage pregnancies.
Teaching Masturbation?
In the 1970s and 1980s, a woman named Betty Dodson, Ph.D., achieved much fame from her approach to masturbation.
She held classes for women to teach them how to masturbate. Dodson believed women needed to overcome certain degrees of repression instilled by the church.
Interesting??
In 1994 Dr. Jocelyn Elders, the second woman appointed to the position of U.S. Surgeon General, lost her job as Surgeon General because she dared to say that masturbation should actually be taught in schools.
Her Mistake
Was probably when she said, "It's practicing for sex."
History of Masturbation:
Around the turn-of-the-century, some adults were so against masturbation that they forced their daughters to wear gloves made of a steel-wool-like material (like Brillo pads) at night so they wouldn't touch.
They made their sons wear metal chastity belts to cause a painful erection.
During the 1820s, some parents prevented male masturbation by piercing the foreskin with a wire and soldering the ends together. Boys and girls were discouraged from masturbation by the threat of blindness, madness and illness.
All kinds of chastity belts and other devices were used to prevent masturbation, probably as far back in history as you can go.
This will vary from culture to culture
