Talk:History of masturbation

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Request for clarification: Ancient history

It is mentioned in this section that The ancient Indian Hindu text Kama Sutra explains in detail the best procedure to masturbate; "Churn your instrument with a lion's pounce: sit with legs stretched out at right angles to one another, propping yourself up with two hands planted on the ground between in them, and it between your arms".

Please indicate where this statement is found in the Kama Sutra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kakku023 (talk • contribs) 06:11, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bekker

The identity of the author to "Onania, or the Heinous Sin of self-Pollution, And All Its Frightful Consequences, In Both Sexes, Considered: With Spiritual and Physical Advice To Those Who Have Already Injured Themselves By This Abominable Practice" seems uncertain. The pamphlet was published anonymously, according to several web pages. My Swedish dictionary Nationalencyklopedin says the pamphlet was written by an English medical doctor and thelogian named Bekker but some web sources attribute the pamphlet to Balthazar Bekker. Others say that the English pamphlet probably was of Dutch origin, but don't tell why this is believed. Anyway, since the identity of the author is uncertain, it seems better to focus on the pamphlet and its contents than the author. --90.236.33.78 (talk) 10:28, 2 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Masterbating Pharaohs

I have removed this claim as I find it's source itself cites no source, and I find no relevant useful and authoritative sources which state this.Wjhonson (talk) 19:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Ellen G. White

She is the author of that book, and the SDA Church does not claim otherwise. Links to official SDA website with her writings have been provided. tgeorgescu (talk) 20:13, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Subjective"

@Nederlance: I don't get it: what's subjective about their statement? Everything that people say or write is subjective to some extent, but you don't mean that. tgeorgescu (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if I'm wrong, new here but trying my best so to speak. I don't think someone just blurting out that it were the darkest days of medical and religious history belong in this article. If I went ahead and asked a local scientist and he said I think lobotomies were worse, that'd instantly discredit Messer and Walker. There's no scale to decide which were the darkest days of medical history Nederlance (talk) 20:17, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nederlance: Irrelevant. Our article does not say "it is the darkest page" but "are some of the darkest pages".

See also Stengers, Jean; Van Neck, Anne (2001). Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-312-22443-1. Retrieved 18 January 2024. So, that is by far not a WP:FRINGE statement. tgeorgescu (talk) 00:23, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]