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Sex Educator Says Most People Masturbate
It can cut down on the number of sex
partners and danger of disease.
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By Jack Boulware
May 9, 2000 | Scores of
Canadians breathed a sigh of relief and reached for the Kleenex last week, when
news reports alerted the nation that it was indeed perfectly normal to masturbate.
Sex educator and counselor Sue Johanson titillated a reporter from the Toronto Sun with
some hefty statistics: "99 percent of men of all ages masturbate regularly and the
other one percent are liars," Johanson said.
But she allowed that accurate numbers have not yet been crunched for masturbating women.
"A lot more women masturbate than will talk about it," Johanson continued,
"and most women's first orgasm is from solitary masturbation." But self-pleasure
begins in male babies about 10 minutes after they're born, she said. "Little boys
grab their penis and don't let go. It's their best friend. They're addicted to it. They
talk to it."
Johanson did not offer any specific statistics for this claim -- nor did she refer to
videos of masturbating babies or other physical evidence -- but her line of reasoning is
this: As little boys grow up, they're told by their parents not to touch their penises in
public. Not in church, not on the bus to school, not anywhere. As puberty arrives, boys
will discover this exciting new toy attached to their body, ignore their earlier
instructions, and then it's off to the races, masturbation-wise.
If parents happen to walk in on their child in the midst of a masturbatory frenzy, New
York sex educator Sari Locker offers some words of advice: Turn around and leave the room.
If the moment comes up later in conversation, "Apologize for interrupting their
private time. Do not criticize or say anything to instill guilt or shame."
Masturbating children (as well as adults) feel guilty, in part, because of long-standing
societal taboos against such behavior, according to Alex McKay, research coordinator for
the Sex Information and Education Council of Canada. "The reason is that sex is
supposed to be geared towards reproduction, and masturbation is about as far away from
that as you can get," says McKay.
But he believes that this taboo is gradually disintegrating, and Canada is on its way to
becoming a happy, pro-masturbating society. "There is now a wide-ranging consensus
among health professionals from all disciplines that masturbation is psychologically
healthy and something most people do," he says.
Masturbation is the most common human sexual
practice, but also the least-researched or debated, says McKay. Further research into the
area would yield more insight into human sexual fantasy, desires and preferences.
Another Canadian voice of authority also gives the thumbs-up to jerking off. Saskatoon sex
therapists Bill and Carolyn Chernenkoff say they promote both mutual and private
"self-stimulation." The Chernenkoffs say there's nothing more healthy for
hormone-crazed teenagers than masturbation. If the kids are diddling themselves, that
means they won't be risking their health by having sex with so many partners.
salon.com | May 9, 2000
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Public OKd For Stonehenge
Solstice
Filed at 2:38 p.m. EDT, May 11, 2000
By The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) -- The public will be able to
greet the dawn of the millennium's first summer at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge,
the first time in 16 years the site has been opened for the summer solstice.
Stonehenge will be opened the night of June 20 for eight hours under tight security, the
watchdog body English Heritage announced Thursday. Camping, fires, dogs and
amplified music will be forbidden at the site on Salisbury Plain, 80 miles southwest of
London.
In the past, Stonehenge -- a stone circle erected by prehistoric Britons 5,000 years ago
-- has been a magnet for unruly revelers. During the 1980s, a four-mile exclusion zone was
established around the stones on solstice night following a series of disruptions.
In 1998, 100 people were allowed to attend the solstice by prior arrangement, but riot
police had to be called in last year after gatecrashers pushed down fences and clambered
on the stones.
The solstice is the holiest day of the year for druids, who consider Stonehenge a sacred
site. English Heritage spokeswoman Elspeth Henderson said a decision would be made
after the event about whether to continue the practice. ``It's a little bit
unpredictable, obviously,'' she said.
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