There are acts which morality has long reprobated. This is the case of masturbation. So much so that it was accused of many ills. Notably making deaf. Which report ? Would the genital system be connected in one way or another to the auditory system? The answer is to be found in the medical literature of the 18th century.
Is the Onanist hard of hearing? Who has never heard that "masturbation makes deaf"? As often, the origin of this belief has long since been lost in history. Perhaps it was forgotten, but masturbation was accused of many ills, not only of provoking deafness.
A little history…
It all began at the end of the 18th century. In 1764, in fact, a Swiss doctor named Samuel Auguste Tissot wrote a book with the evocative title: "Onanism, a dissertation on the diseases produced by masturbation." He describes some of his observations and the pathologies provoked by self-stimulation: "All intellectual faculties are weakened, sick people fall into a mad dementia, they fall into continual anxiety, the body's strengths are completely lacking" . He also mentioned the subject that interests us, namely deafness: "I knew a man who had become deaf for a few weeks after a long cold neglected ... When he had a nocturnal pollution, he was much deaf the next day. This is how rumors arise.
But at the time, we are not talking about legend. The idea is well established ... and for a long time. The guilt around the act of masturbation is such that at the beginning of the 20th century, in the illustrated medical Larousse, one can read: "Onanism: solitary excitation of the genital organs that can occur from infancy ... Later, in the second childhood, it assumes a serious gravity, resulting in a great physical weakness, a diminution of memory and intelligence, a state of intense stupefaction ... "
Even though the sexual revolution has since stopped short of this kind of ideas, the Judeo-Christian culture which has long condemned it, stigmatizes the act again. Masturbation is still largely taboo.
Nevertheless, the literature has evolved well. It is now acknowledged - besides the fact that it makes neither deaf nor stupid - that masturbation allows teens to discover their bodies. Several studies have even shown that it helps prevent prostate cancer, that it reduces stress ...
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Have a nice Mental or Physical fap!
