(What about Masturbation?)<\/a>. Over-vilification of the practice seems to have a net negative effect: it incentives further concealment of the act, engenders negative feelings of sexuality in general, and ruins self-esteems. A less dogmatic and condemnatory approach for dealing with the topic would go a long way toward encouraging restraint without the obsessive guilt and shame that usually accompany the issue of masturbation. Great blog, keep it up.<\/em><\/p>\nThank you for your kind words. I couldn\u2019t agree with you more! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You have a very thoughtful and informative blog. I thought your comment about a \u201cnegative fascination\u201d with masturbation was especially insightful (What about Masturbation?). Over-vilification of the practice seems to have a net negative effect: it incentives further concealment of the act, engenders negative feelings of sexuality in general, and ruins self-esteems. A less dogmatic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":766,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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