LWSO 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Spermatorrhea, Sexual Ethics, Erectile Dysfunction
2 Mar 2016
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New concern: - 1710 onania: the heinous sin of self pollution. The start of prolonged offensive against masturbation in western society. The target of this panic was teenage boys and young men. Used to have no moral or medical concern. Peeked around 1900 difficult to explain why. There was slippage between moral categories and medical thinking o. Thought that losing fluid (cum) was unhealthy, lead to the depletion of character and health o reasons for this contradiction was the will of god , because he was fine with sex with your wife but not with yourself. Moral purity of young men is linked to national interest. Shift in 19th century to towards self control of the topic of sexuality. Rich blamed their servants for their children"s first sexual encounter, lead to the belief the lower class were inherently immoral. Promote healthy knowledge under controlled conditions before children could be corrupted.
