Article on top 10 historical anti-masturbation technologies

[SplitDik (imported)]

Kinda amusing/scary to think about the effort people went through to repress themselves. One of humans' most dangerous abilities is to come up with some ideal and then try to force it on reality.

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[Caith721 (imported)]

I'm surprised they didn't list the turn-of-the-century belief that circumcision would prevent masturbation by removing the excess slack created by the foreskin, thus reducing temptation by eliminating the practice of pulling the foreskin back to wash.

[SplitDik (imported)]

I'm surprised they didn't list the turn-of-the-century belief that circumcision would prevent masturbation by removing the excess slack created by the foreskin, thus reducing temptation by eliminating the practice of pulling the foreskin back to wash.

I was at the Pride Parade in SF today, and went with a gay friend. We ended up talking about circumcision, and I said how in Canada (where I'm from) only 9% of newborns get circumcised. He didn't realize that circumcision is primarily a US thing. He then asked "so why did we start doing it here". And I explained about Dr. Kellog and that it was an anti-masturbation thing. Another interesting thing that people don't know is that Dr. Kellog also advocated female circumcision, including burning the clitoris with acid. Also, he advocated that circumcision be done without anesthesia so that the pain would be a reminder/warning to the victim.

I was uncircumcised and then with my recent operation essentially have become circumcised although the skin was removed as part of removing some body art implants not specifically for circumcision. I will say that masturbation is a LOT easier with foreskin (never needed lube before) and also that the skin lost is quite a bit more sensitive than the rest of the shaft (it is like super ticklish is the best way to describe it). I never needed lube to have sex before either, but now I do.

But still, anyone who is thinking so much about preventing other people's sexual pleasure and wanting to operate or to torture their genitals is BY DEFINITION a pervert. I really don't know why people don't just immediately ostracize people that recommend such crap. It's like how the Jewish mohels actually suck on the baby's penis as part of the circumcision! You'd think that when the first guy suggested that he do that, he'd be immediately considered a sex offender, but instead it becomes a cultural tradition ...

[Caith721 (imported)]

There was a complete anti-mutilation thread at another forum I frequent, and I didn't bother jumping into the heated and often illogical discussion. The people there just wouldn't understand. All I know is, because I was circumcised at birth I lost a minimum of 1/2-to-1 inch of erect length. Full erections were always straining against the limits of surface skin remaining. Had my foreskin been left intact, that would never have been an issue.