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Helping a Brother Out
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In a September interview with GQ, Paul McCartney revealed that he and John Lennon once masturbated together when they were growing up in Liverpool. According to McCartney, they were with a team of their friends at John’s house: “The lights were out, and somebody started masturbating, so we all did.” The rock legend went on to qualify that “it wasn’t a huge thing. … But it was excellent harmless fun. It didn’t hurt anyone.”
Predictably, McCartney’s quote about the circle jerk hit the Twittersphere, comedians trotted out their best Beatles-themedmasturbationjokes, and the whole, uncomfortable matter seemed to go away within a not many days. But while everyone was laughing, there was one place where people took the uncovering that two of the Beatles once beat off together very seriously: the website known as BateWorld.
BateWorld, now nine years old and 87,000 members sturdy, has been called “Facebook for masturbators.” With its red and black paint scheme, it looks like a caring of Facebook After Dark. When you create a profile and sign on, you will be
Q: Is it unhealthy to masturbate daily?
A: I have a family member who is a police officer in another state. As part of the hiring process he had to undergo a psychological evaluation, during which he was asked the tracking question: “Would you rather have sex or read a book?”
Without missing a beat, he answered: “Well… am I in a library?”
Besides being pretty hilarious, what does that story have to do with answering your question? Everything. It depends on the situation.
If you’re asking if there are risks of physical harm from frequent masturbation, the answer is no. I suppose if you’re giving yourself rug burns or carpal tunnel syndrome, you should tone it down a notch. But if you’re talking about the whole “you’ll proceed blind” or “you’ll grow hair on your palms” stuff – the address is a definitive no. It doesn’t affect fertility (unlike the ladies, who are born with all of the eggs they’ll ever have, guys constantly replenish sperm throughout their lives) or cause any other physical problems.
Could it even
Bored of just bashing one out? Wanking gets repetitive, so why not shake-up your solo jerking off sessions? As May is Masturbation Month, Alex Hopkins suggests 12 male masturbation techniques and tricks that will lead to stronger, longer-lasting and more exciting orgasms!
As pivotal moments in a queer man’s life go, there are few to surpass it. That thrilling teenage realisation that your now not-so-little pee-pee can be a powerful weapon. Ah, lengthy lost youth! Ah, those furtive nights – and days, and basically any time available – exploring the newly-discovered joys of jerking off.
Spanking the monkey. Boxing the one-eyed champ. Beating the meat. Call it what you will, but we’re all rampant – or own been at some point – when it comes to solo male masturbation. Yes, the nature is indeed bursting with wankers. But, alas, that doesn’t signify we’re doing it as adequately as we could.
Regrettably, as life rolls on, the excitement and inventiveness we once enjoyed while self-loving our schlongs diminishes. Jerking off can turn into a humdrum habit. And our todgers may be reduced to mere tools to 'bang one out' to pass the time.
But jerking off doesn’t have to be like this. Not if
The Mormon church hates self-love.
Masturbation should be strictly banned because it can shift young people into homosexuals and criminals, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes, according to a leaked guidebook issued to members.
The 1981 guidebook, released this week by the transparency team MormonLeaks, provides some insights into what many juvenile Mormons have been taught about sexual development and homosexuality over the years.
"Early masturbation experiences introduce the individual to sexual thoughts which may become behavior forming and reinforcing to homosexual interests," the guidebook claims. "Self-masturbation is almost universal among those who engage in homosexual habit, and is a very difficult habit for most to overcome."
The Mormon church believes homosexuality is "of grave concern" because it may involve violent or criminal behavior and is as sinful as heterosexual adultery and fornication, the guidebook says. The publication also claims that homosexuality is a learned deed influenced by unhealthy maturation in early childhood, and says that absentee fathers and dominant mothers are among the main culprits for these developmental problems lead