Anti-masturbation
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By the end of the 18th century the concept of childhood sexual innocence led to anti-masturbation hysteria in Europe and America. This in turn sought early attempts to censor sexually arousing art and literature.
William Acton spent the rest of his life trying to teach upper-class English citizens how to manage the idea of child masturbation. This was referred to as the masturbation hysteria at the time, and people had several beliefs, such as that masturbation could lead to blindness.
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History
- Tableau de l'amour conjugal (1686) by French physician Nicolas Venette.
- L'Onanisme'' (1760) by Swiss physician Samuel-Auguste Tissot.
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