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Solitary Sex A Cultural History of Masturbation

Thomas Walter Laqueur

At a time when almost any victimless sexual practice has its public advocates and almost every sexual act is fit for the front page, the easiest, least harmful, and most universal one is embarrassing, discomforting, and genuinely radical when openly acknowledged. Masturbation may be the last taboo....

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It was mentioned in the context of a discussion about masturbation and its cultural history. The book's main point was that masturbation was invented as a clinical term in the early 18th century to shame people for masturbating.

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According to Thomas Lacker's 2003 book, Solitary Sex, a cultural history of masturbation, masturbation as we know it was invented in 1713.

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It was mentioned in the context of a discussion about masturbation and its cultural history. The book's main point was that masturbation was invented as a clinical term in the early 18th century to shame people for masturbating.

"

According to Thomas Lacker's 2003 book, Solitary Sex, a cultural history of masturbation, masturbation as we know it was invented in 1713.

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