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Masturbation (sukkavissaṭṭhi) is the act of stimulating one's own sexual organs (sambādha) to the stage of orgasm (adhikavega). In the Kāma Sūtra male masturbation is called "seizing the lion" (siṃhākāranta). Some people during the Buddha's time believed that masturbation could have a therapeutic effect on the mind and the body (Vin.
Journalists for Ekklesia, a Nigerian non-denominational Christian magazine, argue that masturbation is a sin: "Masturbation (sex with self or auto sex) is usually carried out with the intention of releasing tension and getting sexual satisfaction without "sinning" with another person.
Thomas Aquinas, one of the most prominent Doctors of the Catholic Church, wrote that masturbation was an "unnatural vice" which is a species of lust", but that it is a less serious form than bestiality, which is "the most serious", and than sodomy, which is the next most serious: [98] "By procuring pollution [i.e., ejaculation apart from ...
Data indicate a range of views by members on the morality of masturbation, and varied rates of self-reporting of having masturbated. Between 1950 and 1972, a survey of over 8,000 LDS-identified university students with frequent church attendance found 57% of men and 64% of women reported they did not think masturbation was immoral, in opposition to church teachings.
Modern Bible scholars say that his sin was denying a child to Er [17] [18] (which would have no implications for masturbation). [8] [19] Even among Jewish scholars and among rabbis, it is widely disputed whether the prohibition of masturbation is a biblical prohibition or a rabbinical prohibition, since it is never explicitly mentioned in the ...
There are certain taboo topics that aren’t openly talked about, and masturbation — particularly, female masturbation — has certainly been one of them. But experts say that’s starting to ...
Compulsive masturbating, however, is a cause for concern if you want to be sexual with someone else, but your preference for masturbation is getting in the way. (Here’s why you can’t orgasm ...
[113] Lust is the desire for sexual pleasure alone, outside its intended purpose of procreation and the uniting of man and woman, body and soul, in mutual self-donation. [112] Masturbation is considered sinful for the same reasons as lust, but is a step above lust in that it involves a physical act instead of a mental one. [112]