Paul H. Dillon
----- Original Message ----- From: Jeffrey Fisher <jfisher at igc.org> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] meanwhile, on the masturbation front
> you mean, prior to the early 18th century, but after, say,
> the 15th, when jean gerson wrote his treatise on
> masturbation? no, really. i'm not making that up. i'm only
> saying that, certainly in christian/catholic culture,
> masturbation has long been considered a bad thing -- a sign
> of moral weakness, weakness of will, etc., nevermind all
> that fantasizing that comes along with it, er, i mean,
> facilitates, er, accompanies, er . . .
>
> j
>
> On Fri, 02 May 2003 11:46:59 -0800, Michael Pugliese wrote:
> > In his exhaustive study Solitary Sex: A Cultural History
> > of Masturbation, UC Berkeley professor (Thomas) Laqueur
> > traces the surprising origin of those quaint myths about
> > the dangers of autoeroticism that have plagued
> > generations of teenagers; argues that, prior to the early
> > 18th century, such behavior was rarely considered an
> > ethical or medical phenomenon; and chronicles the late-
> > 20th-century reversal that recast masturbation as a
> > liberating, even revolutionary, act. In the process, he
> > makes a compelling case that despite years of contrary
> > evidence and widespread demystification (think of the
> > "master of my domain" episode of Seinfeld), we have yet
> > to shake the notion that by spanking the monkey we're
> > asking for a spanking. <URL:
> > http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0318/holcomb.php >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 May 2003 14:17:50 -0400, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
wrote:
> >
> >> In case you didn't know it, May is Masturbation Month,
> >> and May 18 will be the fifth annual Masturbate-a-Thon.
> >> For further details, visit
> >> <http://www.babeland.com/salon/mthon_frame.html>.
> >>
> >> Doug
> >
> >
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