Masturbation
* allows some dissipation of sexual tension before, and to some extent during marriage.
* also allows a woman to be sexually active when no partner is available.
* bad habit.
* becomes a problem when boys masturbate together.
* becomes a substitute for healthy friendships or emotional intimacy with others
  - intercourse in marriage
  - almost universal at puberty with normal surges in hormones and sexual drive
  - an uncontrollable habit
* brings self gratification.
* can be a little, uh, self-involved
  - radical act in redefining men's relationship to their bodies and to women
  - sexual addiction
  - also indicate sexual addiction
  - harmful
* can become a bit of an obsession with some boys
  - obsessive to some people and, thus, produce a tremendous amount of guilt
  - definitely become an addiction
  - even help to relieve menstrual cramps
  - get really old after six or seven years
  - help address an imbalance in sex drive
  - involve direct stimulation by the hand to the genitals or other parts of the body
  - never bring true satisfaction
  - offer more than just producing spunk
  - relieve the tension of sexual energy, and even loneliness, temporarily
* causes baldness, warts, insanity and impotence
  - ejaculation
  - neither physical or psychological harm
  - orgasm
* completely normal, healthy activity.
* continues to be common.
* daily activity for most people.
* done in front of an image is lust and a perversion.
* form of learning and practice that is known in every culture.
* has no medical causes.
* healthy and natural part of sexuality.
* helps people who choose to abstain from sexual intercourse for any reason.
* inspires creativity.
* involves stimulating one's own body, usually the genitals, for sexual pleasure.
* is absolutely sexual
  - almost exclusively a male activity
* is also a healthy way of achieving the same goal
  - release to young unmarried men
  - an ever-renewable health resource
* is an activity that sex researchers and sex therapists believe to be healthy
  - erotic meditation
  - important part of many men's lives
  - individual thing
  - both physically and emotionally harmful
* is common in both mares and stallions, before and after puberty
  - to both boys and girls
  - completely normal and healthy
  - contentment
  - done by males and females of all sexual orientations
* is especially hard to talk about
  - important in keeping a marriage sexually balanced and happy
  - fairly commonplace among college students
  - freedom
  - harmful because it can lead to psychological problems in some people
  - joy
* is just about everyone's original sexuality
  - another form of sex
  - one form of sexual expression
  - literally an intellectual experience
  - more dangerous than smoking
  - nature's own way of easing stresses and strains
  - normal human activity
  - normal, and most children fondle their genitals
  - of special concern to parents and providers
  - often a healthy and safe way to express oneself sexually
* is often the first way a person experiences sexual pleasure
  - person knows sexual pleasure
* is one of nature's most wonderful methods of detoxification
  - the safest sexual activities
  - way people express their sexuality, and it normal part of growing up
  - our first natural sexual activity
  - practiced by virtually all males and most females
  - presented as a normal phenomenon of adolescence
  - private behavior and young people have a right to privacy
  - quite common in preschool and kindergarten children
  - real sex
  - restricted almost exclusively to males
  - safe as long as there is no exchange of body fluids
  - self-centered
* is self-stimulation by touching the genitals to produce an orgasm
  - sex on the Net
* is the best feeling in the world
  - experience of sexual orgasm produced by self-stimulation
  - favorite pastime of most men and lots of women around the globe
  - most practiced and least discussed sex act
  - self stimulation of the genitals for pleasure or self comfort
  - stimulation of one's own sexual organs to bring about orgasm
  - unhealthy and can lead to medical and psychological problems
  - very common during adolescence
  - when a person strokes or touches their genitals for pleasure
  - widespread throughout mammals for both males and females
* is, after all, a normal behavior for most children
  - in effect, the political ground on which Whitman tests the theory of democracy
* leads to nervous breakdown.
* lessens our sexual dependency on our spouse.
* normal and safe way to release sexual feelings
  - behavior in children
  - physiological activity
* normal, healthy part of life.
* occurs more often when they are sleepy, bored, watching television, or under stress
  - throughout puberty previous to any relationship
* offers a sexual outlet when there is no partner in a person's life.
* orgasms for women and teen girls who have sex themselves are orgasms from masturbation
  - who masturbate themselves are orgasms from blowjobs
* perversion of the sexual act.
* prepares the mind and body for sex.
* prohibits procreation.
* remains the missing link in our understanding of human sexuality.
* requires one to fantasize and to lust, therefore sin is involved.
* risk-free sexual activity because no body fluids are shared with a partner.
* stunts the growth.
* technique used by many young men to increase their level of control.
* tends to peak when children are between the ages of three and five.
* usually occurs during, or shortly after, voyeuristic activities.
* violation of the Bible's teachings.
* way to gain sexual self-knowledge.
* when done with the express purpose of birth control is anti-life.
* widespread and frequently occurring experience in both sexes.