Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health

Edmond J Coleman, Walter O Bockting

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781317787570
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Finallya thorough and unbiased examination of the psychological and sociological aspects of masturbation

This book shows that masturbation is a critical component in the development of sexual health, explores the powerboth negative and positiveof the act, and outlines viable ideas for future research. It also presents a concise historical overview of societal attitudes toward masturbation and reports on changes in masturbatory behavior in the twentieth century, including the trend toward an earlier age when women begin to masturbate and the increased recognition of masturbation as a source of sexual pleasure irrespective of relationship status or other sexual activity. The book will also familiarize you with some surprising information about the relationship between masturbation and HIV risk among samples of women attending college and low-income African-American women. Finally, Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health examines the connections between masturbation and other sexual activity, sexual fantasy, and desire.

Written with a minimum of jargon, Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health examines:

• societal attitudes toward masturbationfrom pre-biblical Egyptian and Babylonian civilizations to biblical times, the Christian era, Hindu civilization, ancient China, and more
• generational perspectives on masturbation
• the relationship between masturbation habits and sexual health in low income African-American women
• the factors associated with masturbation as practiced by college students
• the complex interrelationship of sexual fantasy, desire, and masturbation
• ways that masturbation can be utilized as a therapeutic tool in sex therapy

Index

Abramson, Paul R., 103-121

Abstinence, masturbation and

for men, 60-63

for women, 58-60

Active sexuality, masturbation and, 106

African American women, masturbatory attitudes and practices of, 88-89. See also Women

levels of guilt and, 95-96

methodology for studying, 89-92

safe sex variables and, 96-97

study limitations of, 97-99

study results for, 92-95

Age, masturbation and, 80-81

AIDS. See HIV infection

Anxiety, masturbation and, 52,58,79. See also Guilt

Augustine of Hippo, Saint, 24-25

Babylonian civilization, masturbation and, 19

Bell, Raley Husled, 31

Bockting, Walter O., 85-102

Boerhaave, Hermann, 28

Bogart, Laura M., 103-121

Bullough, Vern L., 3,17-33

Catholic Church, 26-27

Cecil, Heather, 103-121

Chinese civilization, masturbation and, 21

Circumcision, 30

Coital alignment technique, 124-125

Coleman, Eli, 2,5-16

Coming out processes, 11

Contraception use, guilt about masturbation and, 88

Crawford, Isiaah, 3,123-141

Damian, Peter, 26

Dekker, Arne, 35-48

Diseases, sexually transmitted, 28

Education, as predictor for recent masturbation, 71-76

Egyptian civilization, masturbation in, 18

Ellis, Have lock, 31,53

Estonia

current masturbation habits in, 63-68

education, as predictor for recent masturbation in, 71-74

masturbation habits of men in, 60-63

rates of masturbation in, 79-80

sex surveys in, 55-56

sexual policy in, 54

Ethnicity, differences in masturbation by, 126-127

Exner, Max, 31

Fantasy, sexual, and masturbation, 12-13,125-126

study methodology for, 128-131

study of, 127-128

study results for, 131-137

Fears. See Anxiety

Finland

cohabiting individuals in, and masturbation, 69-71

current masturbation habits in, 63-68

education, as predictor for recent...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Original Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health
• Masturbation: A Historical Overview
• Patterns of Masturbatory Behaviour: Changes Between the Sixties and the Nineties
• Masturbation in a Generational Perspective
• Masturbation and Sexual Health: An Exploratory Study of Low Income African American Women
• Factors Associated with Masturbation in a Collegiate Sample
• Using Masturbation in Sex Therapy: Relationships Between Masturbation, Sexual Desire, and Sexual Fantasy
• Index