February 27th Week 5
Masturbation (Naughty but Nice)
Masturbation: The Taboo.
During this weeks session there was a funny but personal talk about masturbation.
Masturbation is probably the most common private activity a person can perform alone. It helps us to discover ourselves sexually without having to worry about getting it wrong, failing to satisfy and it is also something that could be repeated as many time as a person wishes to.
www.afraidtoask.com/page_id=12
People have been discovering their sexual desires from as far back as 5,000 BC. by both men and women watever their sexual preference.
In the 1800's masturbation was seen as an illness, and that people must have been suffering from an illness to be the reason why they did it. Instruments were made for both male and female to help the prevention of performing the act of self pleasure.
It was seen as a sickness and if people were continuing the acts, it could lead to health problems such as impotence, vertigo, blindness, manalgia, pulmonary consumption. (Tannahill, R. 1980).
Ways to help the prevent masturbaters from performing the acts included cold baths, douches, moderate and cooling diets, drinking milk and sleeping on a hard mattress. (Gay, P)
Masturbation is seen as a thing that only men do, but research shows that women do it just as much as men.
www.afraidtiask.com/page_id=12
I cant help to think that back in the ages where masturbation was seen as a serious illness, were these people who repeatedly carried out the acts doing it in public. If they were I can understand how it could be seen as a type of sickness.
Masturbation is not unreasonable, imprudent, immoral but can be dangerous if peoples imagination was to run a little bit wild. It can become very unhealthy if the were to slip
In modern day society there is no evidence to prove that masturbation is unhealthy. More people do it more than they are willing to admit. As it will always be a taboo subject it is not necessary to know who does or does not do it.
Awareness have come a very long way.
Reference:
Gay, P (0000) Eduation of the senses. Oxford, OUP.
Tanahill, R. (1980) Sex in History, London, Hamish Hamilton.
Taylor, T. (0000) The Prehistory of Sex. London.
www.afraidtoask.com/masturbate/
http://www.afraidtoask.com_id=12/
Masturbation (Naughty but Nice)
Masturbation: The Taboo.
During this weeks session there was a funny but personal talk about masturbation.
Masturbation is probably the most common private activity a person can perform alone. It helps us to discover ourselves sexually without having to worry about getting it wrong, failing to satisfy and it is also something that could be repeated as many time as a person wishes to.
www.afraidtoask.com/page_id=12
People have been discovering their sexual desires from as far back as 5,000 BC. by both men and women watever their sexual preference.
In the 1800's masturbation was seen as an illness, and that people must have been suffering from an illness to be the reason why they did it. Instruments were made for both male and female to help the prevention of performing the act of self pleasure.
It was seen as a sickness and if people were continuing the acts, it could lead to health problems such as impotence, vertigo, blindness, manalgia, pulmonary consumption. (Tannahill, R. 1980).
Ways to help the prevent masturbaters from performing the acts included cold baths, douches, moderate and cooling diets, drinking milk and sleeping on a hard mattress. (Gay, P)
Masturbation is seen as a thing that only men do, but research shows that women do it just as much as men.
www.afraidtiask.com/page_id=12
I cant help to think that back in the ages where masturbation was seen as a serious illness, were these people who repeatedly carried out the acts doing it in public. If they were I can understand how it could be seen as a type of sickness.
Masturbation is not unreasonable, imprudent, immoral but can be dangerous if peoples imagination was to run a little bit wild. It can become very unhealthy if the were to slip
In modern day society there is no evidence to prove that masturbation is unhealthy. More people do it more than they are willing to admit. As it will always be a taboo subject it is not necessary to know who does or does not do it.
Awareness have come a very long way.
Reference:
Gay, P (0000) Eduation of the senses. Oxford, OUP.
Tanahill, R. (1980) Sex in History, London, Hamish Hamilton.
Taylor, T. (0000) The Prehistory of Sex. London.
www.afraidtoask.com/masturbate/
http://www.afraidtoask.com_id=12/
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