You’ll love Mark’s reaction to this mornings article, Health Benefits of Female Masturbation
Mark cools down a little and Debbie brings e-mails to the show dealing with adultery; a wife sleeps with her husband’s best friend, a husband commits adultery and leaves ministry. A wife e-mails the show about having a great marriage but is worried about never being the ‘initiator’ of sex. Another wife finds condoms and suspects her husband of cheating on her with his friend ‘sugar .’
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Ok, this one’s really been bothering me. I get routine masturbation can’t and/or shouldn’t replace the real deal in a monogamous marriage…but I have a very different perspective on the article you sited. If 61%, or nearly 2 out of 3 men masturbate, that leaves only 40% who don’t – ugh. If 30% of women masturbate, that’s 70% who are not – not so bad comparatively speaking! I didn’t hear if this was of all adults or simply married adults…either way, I have a question then:
So are you saying the act of masturbation is sinful, period, no exceptions?
I’d be really interested in the motivation of men versus women for their choosing to masturbate. I wonder if many of these women who masturbate aren’t statistically perhaps those single moms raising kids and working two jobs to support them, divorcees who’s husbands traded them for a younger model, women who’re in marriages where the husbands believe the ’1-2 minute weekly service act’ is a gift to be cherished, or who’s spouse abuses them – don’t they almost have ‘rights’ for self-gratification once in awhile (vs. choosing adultery or living in depression etc.) – personally, advocating no masturbation irregardless of circumstances seems shortsighted to me!!
Now, perhaps, when in monogamous, committed marriages if masturbation replaces the real deal and/or is coupled with porn and other ilicit sex acts…I see your point, but isn’t it then merely a symptom to society’s bigger issues – divorce, adultery, abuse, depression, stress etc.. If an article merely points out that it’s medically ‘ok’ and mentally ‘helpful’ in certain situations, then I can hardly say the website is advocating the devil’s work!?