Basic Types of Sexual  Behavior

1. Sexual Self-stimulation

History

The attitudes toward sexual self-stimulation have been very different in different parts of the world and in different historical periods. At certain times it was recommended as a health measure, at other times condemned as a serious threat to health. Some religious authorities called it a grave sin, others paid no attention to it at all.  Even when we consider only the history of Western civilization, we find that, over time, opinions varied widely, and that general moral convictions changed dramatically or even completely reversed themselves.