Assertion: masturbation | /r/HasProperty | healthy
Facets:
value: as an adult
type: TEMPORAL
value: with many benefits
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In 1994, when the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, mentioned as an aside that it should be mentioned in school curricula that masturbation was safe and healthy, she was forced to resign, with opponents asserting that she was promoting the teaching of how to masturbate.
text: Nuker3, do you think that we need to add a specific, cited section to the article saying "modern medicine believes that masturbation is a healthy practice with many benefits", or is that adequately covered by what we already have?
text: In 1960, the British Friends Home Service published a pamphlet on marriage that was read and approved on both sides of the Atlantic that stated that "Masturbation as a child is healthy, but not as an adult.
text: If done infrequently, behaviorists say masturbation is healthy, allowing the bird a natural release.
text: Masturbation is normal and healthy and is almost always safe whether it is with a vibrator or fingers.
text: However, in 1994, when the Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Joycelyn Elders mentioned as an aside that it should be mentioned in school curricula that masturbation was safe and healthy, she was forced to resign, with opponents asserting that she was promoting the teaching of how to masturbate.
text: Masturbation is normal and healthy, and it doesn’t cause any physical harm.
text: Masturbation is normal and healthy.
text: However, in 1994, when the surgeon general of the United States, Joycelyn Elders, mentioned as an aside that it should be mentioned in school curricula that masturbation was safe and healthy, she was forced to resign, with opponents asserting that she was promoting the teaching of how to masturbate.