No-Nut November promotes male abstinence from masturbation, sex and ejaculation. About a million young men are involved in this practice.
While it sounds like a bizarre joke (and indeed, was the theme of five very funny episodes of Seinfeld), it’s seriously important for several reasons:
“Sex addiction” treatment understands nothing about sex, lets one or both partners evade responsibility, and assumes “addicts” are out of control.
Its handling of infidelity, porn use, sex workers, “emotional affairs,” desire, fantasy, and masturbation damages people and their marriages.
The Southern Baptist Convention has finally released a report detailing the decades-long child sexual abuse by its clergy.
Of course, this hands-on abuse is horrific. But for more children have been damaged by the church’s explicit teaching that masturbation and children’s sexuality is sinful. This form of child abuse goes on every day in every orthodox religious institution–in plain sight.
Why don’t medical & psychological professionals speak out about this? Why don’t the rest of us?
American young adults and teens have sex less than their age-peers did. Teens even masturbate less than they used to.
How much is because more young adults live with their parents? And how much is because of the impact of the internet, smartphones, or porn on these digital natives?
Masturbation is one of life’s miracles.
With just a small investment of time and attention, it can provide pleasure (& comfort, autonomy, exploration, & better sleep) on demand.
So what can go wrong?
Porn? Almost everyone has questions—and opinions.
Here’s an FAQ with questions and answers you won’t find elsewhere.