Masturbation

When I told some of my friends outside university that I had attended a lecture on masturbation, their reactions were a mixture of shock and amusement. Although it has to be said that nobody seemed disgusted at the thought and it even started a bit of a discussion. However, even though they all agreed that masturbation is healthy and common and were able to talk about different views and discuss various techniques they had heard about, only a few were willing to admit that they themselves currently masturbate.

So even though we all know that the majority of people do masturbate, and that there is nothing wrong with it, why the embarassment?

At least, however, we no longer think it is a sin to masturbate and know that is isn't going to kill us. Unless of course you want to try auto-erotic asphyxiation, which involves self strangulation while masturbating. This I wouldn't recommend.

Looking more onto the bright side, I just found out that May is National Masturbation Month. During this time, people are encouraged to explore their own sexuality through masturbation or masturbate for peace.

May is also the month that many students at the university will be taking part in exams. Exams are stressful. Masturbation helps to relieve stress. Just a thought...