Toward Masturbation
Ancient Times
In the most ancient myths of Mesopotamia and Egypt, the god Apsu, or Atun, "copulated with his fist" to fertilize himself and create either the Milky Way or the atmosphere, depending on what version is being told (Ackerman, 1950, 10-11; van de Walle, 1965, 30).
Masturbation was common among Greek women and men (Gathorne-Hardy, 1998, 152). Although the ancient Spartans' rigid code of self-discipline discouraged masturbation (Renshaw, 1976, 98), the Greeks saw it as…
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