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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.
Christian views on masturbation are derived from the teachings of the Bible and the Church Fathers. Christian denominations have varying positions on masturbation, with some denominations viewing it as sinful and other churches viewing it as a healthy expression of God-given human sexuality.
409 Masturbation is an offense against love, because it makes the excitement of sexual pleasure an end in itself and uncouples it from the holistic unfolding of love between a man and a woman. That is why "sex with yourself" is a contradiction in terms. The Church does not demonize masturbation, but she warns against trivializing it.
In their overview on the topic, Mark Mallan and Vern Bullough describe Mormon community attitudes and teachings on masturbation as having gone through four major stages while various official church publications and new opinions of leaders have emerged throughout the church's history:
Masturbation should be discouraged, but we would not consider it harmful or sinful." [56] Conservative Rabbi Ariel Wolpe, while conceding that the Talmudic rabbis do not take a permissive view with regards to masturbation, argues that possible health and relationship benefits could justify the act. She points out that masturbation can lower ...
Here are simple strategies to try, whether you're masturbating or getting down with a partner. 1) Touch your taint. If you haven’t already been introduced, meet your taint—or your perineum ...
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 ...
MASTURBATION HAS BEEN blamed for a lot of things—a decrease in testosterone being one of them. As with so many myths about masturbation, this one’s not true, either.