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Masturbation has not been the subject of legal regulation, though at least one British case is recorded of a man arrested for ‘procuring an indecent act with himself’: an element of exhibitionism would appear to have been present. The stringent objections advanced about the practice have been both moral and medical. On moral and religious grounds masturbation has been regarded as a sin of lust. As a non-procreative act, in medieval Christian theology it counted as an act against nature, more serious than adultery or rape.
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Masturbation does not affect one's ability and performance in daily life or in special pursuits such as sports. Many athletes who have won medals have masturbated on the previous night for the release of the tension and to get good sleep. It is ... found that the students masturbate more frequently during the preparation time for their examinations.
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While "masturbation" is the medical term for this practice, many other terms and expressions are in common use. The term "Onanism," for example, alludes to the biblical story of Onan. In the vernacular, terms such as "pleasuring oneself", "wanking", "fap", and "jerking off" are common. See masturbate in Wikisaurus for many others.
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There is no credible scientific or medical evidence that manual masturbation is damaging to either one's physical or mental health. The exception to this includes some cases of Peyronie's disease in which aggressive manipulation, such as inversion during adolescence, and bending or twisting of the penis, results in a localized benign tumor, distorting the erectile appearance.
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In recent years, there have been many masturbation jokes in movies, such as in American Pie, where the pie (more or less of the title) is used as a masturbation object to generate humour. The characters believe that by masturbating with a pie, one can imitate a vagina. A famous scene in There's Something About Mary has Ben Stiller "cleaning the pipes" before a big date to calm his nerves.
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Modern medicine recognizes that there is no significant long term harm caused by the practice of masturbation, and regards it as a normal practice. In past times some medical professionals taught that all sorts of deleterious effects could occur as a result of masturbation. Historically, many questionable "remedies" have been devised for masturbation, including physical restraint, electric shock, treating the genitalia with stinging nettles, and clitoridectomy.
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