Mastubation Empowering Women - 1577 Words

Masturbation Empowers Females Masturbation is defined as the sexual stimulation of a persons genitals usually to the point of orgasm. Self masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism. Masturbation with a partner (called mutual masturbation), is also common.As it is defined, this act has varied social, physical, psychological and religious implications. This essay will look at these and show that masturbation can be a way to empower girls and women. Masturbation is socially acceptable for boys and men and encouraged as such, but the behavior is taboo for girls and women. According to The Catholic Church in the Vatican paper Declaration on Sexual Ethics (December 29, 1975) noted that masturbation has historically been a†¦show more content†¦Instead of performing the act he spilled his seed on the ground, as a result of this act, Onan was struck dead. This incident which clearly has to do with Onan’s refusal to impregnate Tamar is the sole reference used as biblica l support for the argument against masturbation. Ellen White considered a power house in the religious community. In her book An Appeal to Mothers attributes a host of maladies to masturbation which she describes as â€Å"the solitary vice†. She stated that in females, the consequences of self-abuse are â€Å"seen in various diseases, such as catarrh, dropsy, headache, loss of memory†¦... [and] the head often decays inwardly. The mind is often utterly ruined and insanity takes place.† Those who masturbate, she wrote, â€Å"are just as surely self-murderers as though they pointed a pistol to their own breast, and destroyed their life instantly.† Her positions on the topic in part two A Solemn I assume due to the effects of time and some new revelation was not as extreme, where she stated â€Å"Masturbation leads to mental, moral, and physical deterioration.... It is not the stimulation, per se, that is wrong. Its whats going on in ... [persons] when th eyre becoming self-referenced†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Ellen Whites concern regarding masturbation was presented during the very conservative Victorian period when sex was a very taboo subject; this I think contributes to her rather hard line on the subject. She focuses primarily on the mental consequences rather than