
â*PHOENIX*â - posted on 02/01/2011 ( 105 moms have responded )
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In YOUR opinion Why or why not
Can it be a healthy release?
If you feel that the Genatlas are made for reproduction only…then why do we have nerves? Why does the right stimulation feel good?
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Kate CP - posted on 02/01/2011
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I suppose a man could NOT masturbate if he CHOSE not to (women do that all the time, right?) but it's damn strange. I also think it's really, REALLY wrong to demand that a person not masturbate. It's his body, why can't he jerk off? I mean, unless he's making things all messy and gross I don't see how it's any one else's business.
JuLeah - posted on 02/01/2011
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Our eyes were made to see, our ears were made to hear .... the juxtaposition of sin and anything sexual dates back to early Christianity (as I was taught)
According to many religions practicing back in the day, sex was a conduit to God (especially for men) and there was no association between sex and shame. It was a healthy productive activity with no one made to feel less.
Constantine, Roman Emperor from 306 to 337, wanted to control the masses. How does a smart Emperor go about controlling a people? He controls sex, birth, reproduction ….
The ‘path to God’ became the church and only the church. Sex became a sin unless okayed by the church (marriage) and parents were told their children would burn in eternal hell unless brought to the church after birth for a bath that would wash away their ‘original sin’
So, Rome had control over children from birth through death, thereby controlling the population.
Of course, in the process, the human body became a shameful thing, women were kicked to the bottom of the hierarchy, and sex became the ultimate sin. But, that’s a small price to pay for ultimate control.
I think too that if you know your body, how it works, what you like .... you have a healthier sex life
Nikolina - posted on 08/09/2017
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To be honest I dont care if its a sin or not... its fun and feels good. Thats what matters.
Tara - posted on 02/02/2011
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Nope not a sin.
And honestly it's one of the biggest problems I have with most organized religions that condemn it.
When my ex grew up in a strict Catholic family, he was told it was horrible sin to masturbate, he did it every day, at least 3 times a day when he was a teenager. He said he didn't want to, he feared going to hell, but he couldn't help himself, so he would masturbate fast and furious and then come and feel awful about his soul. He would lay in bed at night praying for forgiveness and hoping he didn't go to hell, he would go to confession and tell the priest who would tell him how to repent, he would repent and then go home and masturbate even more.
He lived his teenager years thinking he was a horrible person and that god would never love him, and that his parents would never love him if they found out.
It's horrible to make someone feel like touching their own body in a pleasurable way is sinful or wrong.
It's human nature, and there is nothing wrong with it.
And anyone who tells their SO they can't masturbate is only setting themselves up for problems in their relationship.
That kind of power and control over someone's own body is tantamount to abuse. If I had a man who TOLD me "You may not masturbate" I would feel like he was trying to control my life, my body and I would tell him to either get over it, or move on... my body, my pleasure... my choice.
Krista - posted on 02/01/2011
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Marina, I don't know if you necessarily have to teach them TO masturbate. Most of them figure that out just fine. But during the sex talk, you can let them know that people do this, that it's normal (but something that should be done in private), and that it's a healthy way to burn off excess sexual energy.