Self-Abuse: Difference between revisions

Mostly a [[Discredited Trope]] we have [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions|outgrown]]. While certain Jewish and Christian groups still do frown on male masturbation because of the story of [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Onan |Onan]] in the Old Testament, the idea that masturbation could cause actual, physical harm came from [[Victorian Britain]] and the Second Great Awakening in the US. These were the days of [[Moral Guardians]] like U.S. postmaster Anthony Comstock and Boy Scouts founder Lord Baden-Powell, who believed that children indulging in "Secret Practices" would waste away their youth and vigor, and scores of ministers whose most lasting innovations in hygiene turned out to be [http://www.snopes.com/food/origins/grahamcrackers.asp Graham crackers] and Kellogg's Corn Flakes.

Not to be [[I Thought It Meant|confused with]] [[Self -Harm]].

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