5 Insane Ways Fear of Masturbation Shaped the Modern World

[_keithb]

http://www.cracked.com/article_19520_5-insane-ways-fear-masturbation-shaped-modern-world.html

I thought that the part about Boy Scouts was particularly interesting.

[_Sethbag]

So, guys got to have their dicks mutilated and wear silver chastity belts to stop masturbation, but women got to go to the doctor and actually get masturbated by him as a cure for some catchall diagnosis of "hysteria"?

Wow, friggin ladies get all the breaks. ;-)

[_cinepro]

Thank goodness modern LDS perceptions on masturbation are formed from revelation and not the anti-masturbation culture of the early 20th century.

[_Buffalo]

Thank goodness modern LDS perceptions on masturbation are formed from revelation and not the anti-masturbation culture of the early 20th century.

:D

[_DarkHelmet]

Thank goodness modern LDS perceptions on masturbation are formed from revelation and not the anti-masturbation culture of the early 20th century.

Excellent point.

[_DarkHelmet]

Personally, I am glad god forced men to be circumcised because now I have a cool Darth Vader helmet on my genitals. This would not have been possible without the wisdom of our prophets.