Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 14:45:40 +0000
From: Bill Benzon <bbenzon@meta4inc.com>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Masturbation Spandrels?
Timothy Perper/Martha Cornog wrote:
> What then of masturbation? Given the known correlations between
> decreased
> intercourse and decreased masturbation so typical of erotophobia (I am
>
> referring to Fisher and Byrne's work), it would seem quite possible
> that
> masturbation by both sexes is a form of practice or even self-learning
> that
> *assists* the success of later intercourse.
>
Ford & Beach in _Patterns of Sexual Behavior_ give a number of examples
peoples where childhood masturbation is openly acknowledged, some places
even encouraged, & some of these peoples think of such childhood sexual
play as preparation for adult intercourse.
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