The Solitary Vice Masturbation or what was termed the “solitary vice” or “onanism” emerged as a veritable epidemic, especially amongst children. This forms the core around which the modern child becomes engulfed in what might termed the sexualisation of modern society. A medical and moral campaign was waged around the sexuality of children. Parents, educators, […]
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StoppingTHE PEOPLE’S COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER (1895) is one of the interesting historical works on the dangers of masturbation. I recommend it to students of society’s views on the subject. This extract is from the Project Gutenberg library. You can get a good flavor for its perspective from this quote: Untold miseries arise from the pollution
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StoppingThis is the classic work on anti-masturbation. It is the source of the name of this website.
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Information and Advice, SiteBack in the Victorian era, masturbation used to be a horrific sin instead of just a way to spend a lazy Sunday. But try as they might, people couldn’t stop others from jerking it with simple words alone. Thus, many brilliant inventors in the late 19th and early 20th century patented and built various insane
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Information and Advice, StoppingThough O’Donnell has been ridiculed for her prudishness, I actually think she’s right. Masturbation is bad for marriage. Our pornified, DIY sex culture leads to husbands who would rather go to their man-cave for an hour than attempt to negotiate intimacy with their wives—especially because many of those wives aren’t Asian. Just like we’d be
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Masturbator Mish-MashCan masturbation play a role in this addiction? Of course, but masturbation is not required. That said, frequent ejaculation in animals leads to several brain changes that inhibit dopamine, and thus libido, for several days. Under normal circumstances, sexual satiety (defined differently for each species) leads to males taking a time out from sexual activity.
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StoppingThe superstition that masturbation could cause mental illness … Far more treacherous was the “solitary vice,” masturbation, which had been thought of as somewhat less rousing than the real thing. Graham, however, pointed out that as a solitary activity, the practice of masturbation was likely to start at an earlier age and to occur more
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Information and AdviceSexuality & Modernity- Victorian Sexuality … Masturbation or what was termed the “solitary vice” or “onanism” emerged as a veritable epidemic, especially amongst children. This forms the core around which the modern child becomes engulfed in what might termed the sexualisation of modern society. A medical and moral campaign was waged around the sexuality of
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Information and AdviceA historical review of masturbation myths … Thomas Laqueur traces the negative attitudes about masturbation to the following text in his book Solitary Sex: Cultural History of Masturbation. In 1712, an anonymous physician published a text called “Onania” or, The Heinous Sin of Self Pollution, and all its Frightful Consequences which warned about the dangers
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