Being told "not to touch yourself down there"

I was a boy in the 1970s, raised mainly by my grandmother, a woman whom had experienced both world wars, had strong morals and stood no nonsense, I have inherited many of her traits, I recall her saying on more than one occasion “boys ought not be playing with themselves” though this was not really directed at me, more of a general comment, If i had been doing so i would have received much more than words, of that i'm sure

stood no nonsense, I have inherited many of her traits, I recall her saying on more than one occasion “boys ought not be playing with themselves”

Actually, the no-nonsense reality of the world is that boys do play with themselves, they always have and they always will. That is the no-nonsense biological/psychological reality of things.

Anything else is sort of like talking about Utopias or pipe-dreams or fairy-tale imaginings.

Perhappenstance I should have chosen my words more carefully, the idiom “stood no nonsense” in the part of England i grew up in meant, you do it my way or else suffer the consequences.

Perhappenstance I should have chosen my words more carefully, the idiom “stood no nonsense” in the part of England i grew up in meant, you do it my way or else suffer the consequences.

Aha, so in layman's terms it translates to ‘I will book no disagreement, otherwise I will punish you in some way or another’ … ha ha ha

A very enlightened and logical way of thinking.

Actually, the no-nonsense reality of the world is that boys do play with themselves, they always have and they always will. That is the no-nonsense biological/psychological reality of things.

Anything else is sort of like talking about Utopias or pipe-dreams or fairy-tale imaginings.

I think girls are included in that too and maybe they discover what feels good at an earlier age than boys.

Well children touching genitals should be checked out. There are things like infections or fungus (jock itch) that might be a reason they are rubbing there.

@chamed Right, but shaming them for doing it for pleasure in private is just repressive.

Well children touching genitals should be checked out. There are things like infections or fungus (jock itch) that might be a reason they are rubbing there.

You're right, some times it could of been “jock itch” or UTI…causing the child to scratch at Thier privates…

@chamed Right, but shaming them for doing it for pleasure in private is just repressive.

You also have a good point there. But let's remember maybe they tried to touch themselves and Thier parents also treated them as they treat us kinds like a vicious cycle.