Masturbation

So this week was the highly anticipated lecture on masturbation!

Is it bad? I choose not to think so. Without it more extreme forms of behaviour would be alot more common due mainly to the pent up feelings inside people. This doesn't stop people seeing it as somehow wrong and these tend to be women and fundamentalist religious individuals. You could see on the faces of the ladies present in the lecture theatre looks of revultion or disgust at the thought of talking about the topic let alone having to answer questions about it.

I'd be willing to bet that the majority of ladies in that room have put down that they have never attempted masturbation even if they have. There is a taboo at the thought of a woman enjoying sexual feelings as much as a man, as if the loss of control is to be expected in men but the giving in to carnal desires is somehow a weakness in 'the fairer sex'.

This might be why women tend to look down on pornography.

Society frowns at masturbation and in some places a Victorian attitude still remains with mis information like the possibility of going blind still being told to scared teenagers. This is mainly due to the lack of discussion on the subject and education. It is considered a private experience both the learning and execution.

Men on the other hand are much more open about their masturbation habits with each other and anyone within earshot unless they are trying to impress you. For many men it is a matter of pride and is subject to a little 'spin' to aggrandise their achievements. It is now an accepted part of society that men think about sex all the time and so want to take relief more often than women. A man that says he doesn't masturbate is considered to be abnormal and sexually repressed, possibly impotent by other men and possibly women too.

This gender imbalance is evident and doesn't look like it will change soon. There is still an unequal view of masturbation between men and woman with woman stuck in a Victorian attitude and men having a sexual liberation.