Masturbation

This used to be a very taboo subject area in the 19^th century, as no-one wanted to admit that they masturbated/thought about it. An old idea used to be that sex gave pleasure but was only carried out in order to conceive, people often went to great lengths to make sure people only had sex when married, in order to have children. In countries such as India men and women were put through physical pain in order to ensure that they stayed virgins till their marriage. (In some areas of India this is still common). It wasn’t till later on people began having sex for pleasure, and obviously if this wasn’t available they turned to masturbation.

Masturbation is now a very common aspect in today’s society and it is therefore very much acceptable in England. There are often documentaries of such acts on channel 4 and it is encouraged by shops such as Ann Summers, which promotes it by selling lube and sexual toys in order for ultimate pleasure. http://www.annsummers.com/lubrication.asp

Although it is widely ‘acceptable’ there are many myths linked with it, for example some people believe the more you masturbate the less immune you are to diseases, and some people state that it is healthy to masturbate regularly.

Personally, I would rather have sex than masturbate, anyone disagree?