Masturbation

Masturbation is a taboo subject as sex in general was many years ago. Nowadays it seems that with men it’s still taboo, but with women it’s generally accepted that it’s normal, especially with the amount of sex toys for women available in shops such as, Ann Summers and how it is encouraged in womens magazines such as Cosmopolitan.

I think that a lot of people are embarrassed by it as it’s almost admitting that you cannot find a sexual partner, or that you need sex outside of normal intercourse. I suppose there is a fear of upsetting your partner or making them think that they aren’t good enough for you.

Masturbation has often been condemned religiously, some religions such as Catholicism, think that sex should only be for pro-creation, yet masturbation alone won’t result in pregnancy. Religious people also seem to condemn it as a lack of control and the best way to control it is to get married. Yet the bible itself doesn’t actually condemn masturbations itself. The religious view is that masturbation leads to impure thoughts, which leads to sex outside of marriage, which is not allowed in many religions such as Christianity and Islam.

As Daryl talked about in his blog masturbation isn’t exactly “bad”, just something normal that almost everyone does. Through out the years it has been looked upon as some kind of bad addiction, but now it seems to have changed into something accepted.


References
http://www.apocalipsis.org/masturbation.htm