Previously rejected behaviors in area of sexuality

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In 1758, a physician, Tissat, proposed that the loss of seminal fluid during masturbation resulted in a number of disorders, including insanity. Tissat felt that a "life force" would be used up too soon if one masturbated frequently or engaged in excessive sexual intercourse. Once the life force was depleted, insanity would ensue. This theory produced an obvious treatment approach in which the goal was to stop excessive sexual activity. Benjamin Rush's tranquilizing chair was a form of restraint used for those exhibiting excessive masturbation. Severe forms of treatment were also developed and used including severance of the dorsal nerve in the penis and removal of the clitoris. For this discussion, I would like for you to reflect on how attitudes concerning masturbation have changed and not changed in our society. What other behaviors that have been previously labeled as abnormal are now gaining approval? What helps to maintain such beliefs? What can speed the change in societal approval of previously rejected behaviors in the area of sexuality?

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