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Originally Posted by EWright
...find some new material.
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In 1973, I entered graduate school. The library at MSU was awesome, and one day I found myself (by accident!
) in the human sexuality stacks. There was a book entitled, "Masturbation". I think it was published in 1971.
The book covered the history of medical and non-medical (including religious) literature on the subject. If you think it is uncomfortable to speak of MB today, it has been FAR worse in the past. Young men in Edwardian England caught doing it were often subject to 'surgeries' that allowed urination, but made even a partial erection very painful. MB was in fact blamed for a host of adolescent malladies, including disobedience and bad judgement. Gee, how many teenagers have those problems?
The book also covered various (known, documented) 3rd world cultures where MB had no negative press at all. One (Oriental?) culture even developed it into a public performance art form. Pompeiian art often included mosaics showing people in various sexual acts (including MB) as decorations in what appear to be family homes.
All in all, I don't think ANY culture mentioned was as horrifically phobic as Edwardian England. I do not remember if the book explained why that was.
s; find some new material.
