IMHO anything that can act as a sexual release valve for some people, while not harming anyone else, is a good thing.
This was also Jocelyn Elders' humble opinion, but it got her fired. She was Clinton's surgeon general until she recommended that high school boys try masturbation instead of impregnating high school girls, but the religious right, who understand these things better than the rest of us, raised such a stink that Clinton fired her. One of his few cowardly acts. So my question is: Why do so many religions and societies frown upon, discourage, outlaw, or even criminalize masturbation when it is known to be such a health activity, not only for the individual doing it, but for society as a whole when it suffers fewer unwanted pregnancies and rape?
I can understand why there are such strong proscriptions against marital infidelity, given that child rearing is such a labor intense enterprise. But why against masturbation, which is healthy, universal, and harms no one? Do any almanacs list masturbation indices for various countries so that we can compare them to sexual and violent crime rates? Did Ted Haggard ever participate in a circle jerk? (Or does he insist that he just watched?) One would think that society would strongly encourage masturbation, even have whackathons for jesus and things like that. (See! Even my spell checker doesn't recognize 'whackathon'.)
As long as we're on the topic, why if you are right handed does masturbating with your left hand seem so awkward? Its really the simplest of actions. 1)Close fist. 2)Pump. Its not like your playing harmony on the piano or fingering a riff of battling banjos. Know of any research in this area? I'm sure that if we try, we can find an evolution vs. creationism tie in to all this.
Regards, AnInGe
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