Masturbation Throughout the Ages

Here is a really interesting article put out by Planned Parenthood on the history of social conditioning surrounding masturbation. As our readers know, I am of the belief that masturbation can build a healthier, more peaceful planet. Some of the attitudes towards sex in this article make me sick to my stomach, ranging from abusive to bizarre. “[Parents] could take their children to a wax museum where the effects of post-masturbation disease were displayed with life-size, grotesquely deformed statuettes, or they could show their children engravings of a woman who lost her nose by masturbating (Stengers & Van Neck, 2001, 7)” I think this is a good reminder that masturbation continues to be something to fight for. Consider your masturbation practice radical in that sense. It is not just good for you, it is good for cultural consciousness.