From MikeB by way of Under the lobsterscope:
Masturbation is a terrible sin if you're roman catholic. Where or where is the outrage about that?
The reality is that masturbation and all of the other ways of achieving orgasm are good for men's health (and presumably, if they are responsible about it, happiness) relating directly to prostate health, especially as they get older. Depending on the source, recommendations range from twelve to twenty-one or more orgasms a month are recommended for prostate health.
The British National Health System actually included advocating a healthy and active sex life as part of material provided to school kids - more progressive than anything you'd ever see in this country. But then, they DID give the world Monty Python....
It's Saturday; have a little fun.
Hello Dog Gone,
ReplyDeleteTwelve to Twenty-One orgasms per month?!?!?.....isn’t there 31 days on average per month with only 5 months with less…….well I guess I have a really healthy prostate! :-)
Sorry if I have been bad but loved the posting.
Thanks EoK! Hope you had a good laugh!
ReplyDeleteThe video inspired by the old Woody Allen bit from Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask really made me laugh out loud.
While Rush Limpbone was moaning about women as sex machines - you notice he doesn't want insurance to discontinue paying for his boner pills - has NOTHING whatsoever to do with ANYTHING in this ad.
Limbaugh did raise the question would Obama let his two daughters see this video. There is actually nothing about the content that is bad for girls to see; it addresses making one's first time voting be a thoughtful, considered, and special decision, one that you will remember afterwards very clearly, so it shouldn't be done on an impulse.
That is also true of one's first time having sex - consider it carefully, be careful to assess the qualities of your partner well for their character.
While this ad may or may not be age-suitable for the first family's younger daughter, it probably is for the older daughter, and it is absolutely consistent with any talk between parents and children about having safe, responsible, and loving sex. No, I'm not suggesting one should love the president; those are very different feelings. But respect is common to both, as is judging character. It is not meant to be a perfect parallel, just a thought provoking one.
As a father who raised two daughters, I do not believe in raising them dumb or ignorant. I told a female co-worker who had a daughter the same as my oldest that girls should not learn sex education in the back seat of a car with their prom dress up around their neck.
ReplyDeleteIt starts at home in the early teen years or before. (11 – 13) It is based on the age appropriate information especially when dealing with female health issues. By the time most parents are ready to pass on this information, the girls and boys have already heard worse from their classmates in school. Most parents are behind the curve with this one.
That's certainly true.
DeleteI got my period before my mother talked to me about it.
My parents thought that if they didn't tell me how, I wouldn't have sex - the same failed premise of abstinence only sex ed.
Instead I decided not to rely on my parents - OR other kids either - and educated myself (as I did on a number of subjects, although aided by excellent teachers). We did have a superb sex ed instructor in our biology, not our health classes, including a discussion on sexual positions, everything anyone could possibly want to know about conception, etc.
My own maternal grandmother ended up asking ME about menopause when she was going through it - she was embarrassed to bring her questions to her own doctor. She did share with me that coitus interruptus didn't work, contrary to what my maternal grandfather had apparently told her. My grandmother was embarrassed to admit that despite growing up on a farm, she knew very little about sex when she got married, didn't even realize when she was pregnant what the signs were, etc. So she approved me learning what I had, and encouraged me to learn everything I could so as not to be as ignorant as she was when she got married.
The result was that not only did I educate myself, I corrected some of my parents misinformation when we finally did discuss sex......which was AFTER I had made the decision, as an adult, to become sexually active.
Some of the best information I ever read about how to make that decision was in Ms. magazine, and from feminists discussing women's sexual issues as part of promoting feminism, including knowing one's body, knowing what was normal, what was a sign for concern, etc.
So, I agree, most parents are not only behind the curve, they're uptight, and perhaps NOT really the best source in too many instances for providing accurate, unbiased, reliable and objective information.
Now I occassionally find myself lecturing grown men on their own anatomy and function, as well as womens'. I recently had the pleasure of explaining to a dolt over on commongunsense who made the ignorant statement 'some women have testosterone too you know', that ALL women had testosterone, it was not an exclusively male hormone, however men have fluctuating levels of it that are typically 50 to 60 times larger - and fyi, healthy female normal levels of testosterone are important for female orgasm.
Through the miracle of the internet, I could almost hear him blink and gasp in shock, LOL.
I think my favorite though is the shock from guys who are obssessed with the evils of anal sex when I casually mention that it doesn't bother me as a concept after gloving up with one of those vet gloves that goes all the way up and over your shoulder, so that you can shove your arm up the ass of a cow, so as to grab hold of her cervix through her intestines to stablize it for artificial insemination. You are supposed to get that tube in quickly, not flop around with it in a cow's vagina.
Tends to end the prudery of the anal sex obssessed immediately, those brief lectures on animal husbandry. I can do a semen evaluation and sperm count with a microscope now with the best therios, although the three m's - morphology, morbidity and motility - don't tend to make for polite dinner conversation, LOL.
Video, shmideo. Who gives a crap? That cartoon is classic, I love it. We probably should compare masturbation to abortion. If that's the case, It's probably safe to say that I've had billions and billions of abortions. Maybe even trillions. LOLOLOLOLOLO. You hear that Right Wing Lunatics? Now come and get me! :-)
ReplyDeleteOn a serious note Dog. My daughter will be turning 9 next year. I've been thinking of starting my strategy for this discussion. But I am obviously limited on my female reproductive first hand knowledge. Do you know of a good credible site that can help a single Father with this dilemma? Same question goes for you E. Any help would be appreciated.
BTW- I heard, or read somewhere, that the prostate is comparable to the clitoris. Orgasmically speaking of course. Just throwing that out there. ;-)
No, the prostate while potentially very rich in nerve endings and therefore a basis for male pleasure - and prostatic ejaculation, which counts towards prostate health - is not similar to the clitoris.
ReplyDeleteIt is comparable, in terms of comparative anatomy, and what tissues differentiate into, to the glans penis.
As far as books, and other materials, one of the best organizations out there - and one of the best texts still out there - is Our Bodies Ourselves, from this organization, which has done a good job of keeping their material updated and current:
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/about/default.asp
You might want to also check out the post immediately preceding this on Romney and new information on his opposition to gay adoption btw.
Thank you so much. It is very appreciated, I owe ya one.
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