If masturbation were Taught in school .......

If masturbation were Taught in school, I wonder how many Fewer people would get Pregnant.

Actress Shailene Woodley, a star of the new movie “Snowden,” wondered in an interview to what extent teen pregnancy numbers would diminish “if masturbation were taught in school.”

As a young woman you don’t learn how to pleasure yourself, you don’t learn what an orgasm should be, you don’t learn that you should have feelings of satisfaction,” she said in an interview with Net-a-Porter’s digital magazine The Edit. “I’ve always had a dream of making a book called ‘There’s No Right Way to Masturbate.’”

I do not agree with Shailene Woodley however would have been my favorite class if we did . Wonder if she is on any fetish sites ?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/09/16/snowden-actress-if-masturbation-were-taught-in-school-how-many-fewer-teens-would-get-pregnant-stds/

https://www.net-a-porter.com/magazine/368/25

If masturbation were Taught in school, I wonder how many Fewer people would get Pregnant.

How many FEWER?: NONE!

Masturbation is perfectly fine and is the gateway to sexual activity.

Once masturbation is an acceptable and a desirable activity, kids would only move in to good solid fucking when a partner is available. My daughters knew about masturbation when they were in single digits and we had discussions about it then. They told me they masturbated, had orgasms and they "Knew what it felt like to be a woman." I told them to just masturbate and not to have sex until they were 17. They both lost their V-cards at 16. I suppose I can't complain because we had the talk starting when they were less than 10 and when you have my horny genes, you just have to fuck. Waiting until 17 could seem like forever these days. I told them, "you have fingers, USE THEM." They were both responsible, used condoms and both lost their virginities with long-standing boyfriends, and we knew the boys because they were always at our house.

Contraception must be taught and condoms and other contraceptives must be readily available to prevent STD's and pregnancies.

Masturbation is perfectly fine and is the gateway to sexual activity.

Is it possible I've heard this referred to by people who think in a certain way as 'ringing Satan's doorbell'? I can't seem to place it, though I surmise it goes together with abstinence only sex ed. Which isn't really much of an education in the first place.

I'm pretty certain that masturbation is taught in (some/most?) schools, but not about the actual techniques, nor in a practical workshop manner either. Propose that at a PTA meeting and I see tar and feathering on the horizon, being run out of town or at the very least social ostracizing on a wide scale.

At first I thought this was a joke . I dont understand how anyone in this day and age could even think like that . Its simply idiotic ! I completely agree with Susie's answer . NONE ! How many people have to be taught anyway ? Its pretty much one of the most natural things , self discovery and hmmm it feels good when I touch myself there . Kinda a no brainer lol ! Anyway I also agree with Susie on the point of having birth control , condoms etc easily available in schools, THAT is the biggest way to stop the spread of std's and pregnancy .

NONE ! How many people have to be taught anyway ? Its pretty much one of the most natural things , self discovery and hmmm it feels good when I touch myself there . Kinda a no brainer lol !

While discovering simple touching may be a natural thing, there is more to masturbation than that. There are techniques around that not everyone thinks of until shown.

Besides, I understood that teaching about masturbation to imply that people should learn to shed the shame and guilt aspect. That may perhaps be more important than teaching techniques.

Teaching masturbation is schools must be explicit.

Just like this in "The Meaning of Life":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTMlZSKEu-Y

start at 1:10

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or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwYC8K3UrFc

start at 2:20

I agree How many fewer pregnancies NONE

We raised 4 boys and had frank discussions about sex. They used to laugh because I told them that if they were going out in the rain they needed to wear a raincoat. That was my way of reminding them to practice safe sex without embarrassing them in public.

I've got to agree with @Bridgette. No fewer pregnancies. And I don't know why anybody, female or male, would need to be taught how to masturbate. What works for one person may not be the most enjoyable for someone else. You've got to experiment for yourself.

To teach masturbation in schools would imply there is a aright way and a wrong way. What happens if you masturbate the wrong way? I guess you have a bad orgasm. How many bad orgasms have you had? None? That's what I thought. So you must be doing something right.

Funny enough is that I was in a Catholic High school that actually promoted contraceptives and their use. Had machines for them in the restrooms for $1.25. The Ladies at the school had all the things they needed for sex & periods. And. With all of that free-ness of it their was quite a few less pregnancies at school but a lot more sex. The "jocks" couldn't seem to get the condoms into the garbage though. Being a janitor's assistant lets you see all that.

If masturbation were Taught in school .......

i wonder how many teachers would offer to help with homework.

.....and tutoring.......

Agracier, while I agree with you on teaching that masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of nor feel guilty about would be the best thing to teach as part of sex ed . Could save many years of therapy visits lol . But teach technique ? Lol ! Quincy has it spot on . If anything I think that would just make one feel inadequate , that they couldnt do it " right" . I think this is definitely just a self taught matter . Or perhaps with a partner experimenting on each other . Taught ummm have to disagree and Im chuckling . 😃

If masturbation were Taught in school ....... i wonder how many teachers would offer to help with homework. .....and tutoring.......

I wonder how many teachers would volunteer to demonstrate for the class. Oh, and I wonder how many parents would be helping their kids with homework.

I am old enough to remember those horrid sex education film strips, where pregnant teachers had to take a leave before she showed, and those TV shows where married couples couldn't be seen together in the same bed. We are much better off these days with honesty and as Susie says:

"Contraception must be taught and condoms and other contraceptives must be readily available to prevent STD's and pregnancies."

Personally speaking I never heard of masturbation at home and never even thought about sex or pleasing myself. I just didn't know. It wasn't until my first time having sex with my ex-college professor that I knew being touched down there was a good thing and actually enjoyable. I was 20.

I know in 5th grade a lot of schools separate the boys and girls and show movies and talk about the changes in their bodies and getting pregnant and all that sort of stuff. I think that during that time masturbation should be discussed. Not how to do it, but what it is, that it is normal, and it's okay.

I have no problem with contraception being available in schools, but, and this is a big but, if parents were doing their jobs correctly in the first place, there would not be a need to even bring sex into a school system at all.

I understand that talking about sex and all it entails isn't always the easiest thing to talk about with your kids, but it's not any easier to take them to the doctor to get their shots, but it's your responsibility as a parent to do so. It's your job as a parent to educate your children about sex and all that goes with that. It's your job as a parent to teach your children your morals and your beliefs. That doesn't mean they will take those as their own when they are adults, but as minors living under your roof, they sure as hell better.

I grew up in a house where sex was never discussed. I never even saw my parents hug or kiss. So them talking about sex, lol, out of the question. When I had my girls I vowed that I would teach them about things such as sex, that I would be open and honest with them from day one. And I have been. One of my kids is actually here on this site with me. I wasn't sure how I would feel about that at first, but after some thought, I figured what the hell. Since I have been honest with them from the start about sex, and about my kinks, to a certain degree, why shouldn't my kid have the same privilege the rest of us do?

The long short of it is sex education should start at home and end at home. Parents need to step up to the plate and do their job. Good communication is the basic key to success in just about everything we do especially in business, why should it be any different with your children?

Mashie

As a required class or an elective??

and when to start, Elementary, middle or high school? .

The long short of it is sex education should start at home and end at home. Parents need to step up to the plate and do their job.

Parents should set a good example by their attitude towards many things, sex and masturbation included. But I'm not sure if all or even most parents are cut out to be practical educators of any kind (unless that happens to be their real-life job). I for one, became incredibly frustrated and miffed whenever my parents suddenly discovered an urge to teach me something I was being taught in school.

Thankfully that never happened very often, but when it did, boy oh boy, eye rolling time and sighing and staring up at the ceiling thinking how slow times passes ... perhaps other parents are better at teaching.

Happy to see so many of you agree how illogical the whole concept is.

@bridgette

At first I thought this was a joke . I don't understand how anyone in this day and age could even think like that . Its simply idiotic ! I completely agree with Susie's answer .

My very same thought when I first read the statement

So many factors that all of you have quoted on would lead such an endeavor to failure.

Happy to see so many of you agree how illogical the whole concept is. So many factors that all of you have quoted on would lead such an endeavor to failure.

I don't think anyone had serious thought about actually implementing any such thing. The post is more of a discussion of social imponderables and theoretical possibilities. With a lot of joking around for good measure ... 😃

BUT, social conventions aside, the concept is very logical. If you want youngsters to learn about something, then you have to teach them in some way or another. You can assign reading matter (for all the good that usually does), you can give theoretical lessons in class, you could do one-on-one coaching/tutoring if there was enough money available or you could do something in the way of practical workshops. Those are some of the ways that subjects are taught. And they are usually better than just hoping that somehow youngsters will pick up or stumble over actual facts by their little own selves or not hear garbled and mixed up versions and being even more confused.

What is illogical, are the social conventions that prevent us from even considering the idea in the first place. That's also why (sometimes) sociology and anthropology can be so fascinating, because it tries to explain and understand all the illogical and contradictory ways in which groups of people organize their lives and social customs.

So many factors that all of you have quoted on would lead such an endeavor to failure.

It most certainly would. We now read numerous posts about how traumatized some members are by their previous experiences of group showering in school or pulling down underwear during medical exams or even the propriety of school exams in the first place.

If these (otherwise normal and everyday) things have caused some people to be traumatized, boy oh boy, practical masturbation workshops in school would send the rates through the roof ... 😃

That's why we all know we are just joking around here ... but it is fun to theorize.

I don't think guys need to be taught how to masturbate. It's often our first serious hobby. Girls, I wouldn't know because I'm not one.

I don't think guys need to be taught how to masturbate. It's often our first serious hobby. Girls, I wouldn't know because I'm not one.

I can tell you this much thanks to my bachelor's degree in child psychology and development. Chidren both boys and girls masturbate in the womb even before being born even then we have that one feeling to make us feel good in that particular spot. I guess what they say is right practice makes perfect. If you know what I mean. ?

Chidren both boys and girls masturbate in the womb even before being born

Your Honor, I have no recollection of that. 😃 😃

Your Honor, I have no recollection of that. 😃 😃

lol!, you're hilarious! ?

Children start playing with themselves around 3 yrs of age but it is more curios than sexual they are discovering different things about their body. When I was growing up I can remember my Mom yelling at me and telling that is Dirty little girls don't play with themselves, her word was guttle but it meant the same thing. At five I discovered my anus and playing with that putting objects in it because it just felt so good. Then as I got older things started to feel even better and of course I got yelled at more, so I would go into my bedroom and place a chair under the door knob so no one could see me and yell at me, or at night when everyone was in bed for the night, I had to share a bedroom with my younger Brother because I was the only girl in my family, my baby brother was 5 yrs younger than me. I wish that when I was in school sex ED was taught but it wasn't, even in high school all we learned in health class was about getting our periods and becoming a young woman, no sex ED at all. What I found out about sex came from my friends I had. I know now a days sex ED is something they teach in school, back in the late 70's and early 80's it wasn't taught at all, don't know what the boys learned about because our classes were separated boys in one and girls in another, so I have idea what the boys learned about. 😉 😜 😃

Naughty naughty kid!, jk!, who didnt do any of what you just said when they were little myself included and who didn't get in trouble as well.

And yes you're right toddlers get handy grabby with themselves and often with other kids too normal part of growing up , my professor told us during his lectures.

Think of all of those confessions I wouldn't had had to endure if I didn't masturbate as a teenager.

Imagine if masturbation WERE taught in school. I would guess maybe in the freshman year of high school.

Imagine if, instead of learning about it in a room full of classmates, that the freshman guidance counselor would introduce it & discuss it in those one on one counseling sessions.

I actually didn't discover masturbation until i was 16. For 2-3 years before then, I felt i did not have control over my own body, often having wet dreams. It was a scary time, trying to secretly clean my briefs in the middle of the night, as my body seemed to wait until i was unconscious to ejaculate on its own.

Then what if a guidance counselor introduced me to taking matters into my own hands when i was 14 or 15, and i could have prevented a year or two of unconscious nocturnal emissions.

Some sex-ed programs do include an exploration of both male and female masturbation, but don't go as far as explicit "how to" instructions. I would think that the beginning of puberty, or even just before, would be an optimal date. Perhaps the most important thing to be discussed would be the elimination of guilt for a near universal experience of self discovery. Conventional wisdom has held that masturbation is more common in males. Does anyone have data on whether or not that is true? I would think that girls would discover the pleasures of their nerve centers just as often as boys. Since their full experience of orgasm isn't dependent as dependent on sexual maturity as it is in boys (one criterion being the ability to ejaculate - it is different and more intense than a dry orgasm in my experience) girls may well begin earlier, and I see no reason that it shouldn't be just as widespread (pun intended).

My step daughter,17, just gave me the best compliment ever. She was doing volunteer work for planned parenthood. She realized that she has it good in comparison to many of the confused and abused girls her age and younger. We did not teacher her how to masturbate, but we did tell her that masturbation was there and an option. Many people in our neighborhood are christian and frown, even protest against PPH and sex education, but they have the highest teen pregnancy rate...

I recall in a boys only "hygiene" class in HS the teacher telling us that if a boy washes his hands too often it means that the boy feels guilty about masturbating! Maybe that explains why I never washed my hands and still don't!

Imagine if, instead of learning about it in a room full of classmates, that the freshman guidance counselor would introduce it & discuss it in those one on one counseling sessions.

No, I disagree. I think this is a subject best taught in a group. Perhaps take a day or two out of the normal schedule in their P.E. class to teach the boys a different kind of exercise.

And if P.E. was still old school (required jockstraps, mandatory group showers), there would be plenty of opportunities to provide this kind of instruction. I'm envisioning having the boys strip down to just their jocks for this special class, then after some initial instructions and a demonstration or two, the boys could pair up for a practice session. On a subsequent day, class would be held in the showers where they would be taught some additional techniques, including the use of soap as a lubricant and the benefits of anal insertions to increase stimulation. 😃