Psychology of sex - Total No. of Records in System :: 2032

THE SEXUAL IMPULSE IN YOUTHworld. It is so widespread that we cannot, strictly, speakof it as "abnormal." It is a phenomenon which lies on theborderland between the normal and the abnormal, and isliable to occur whenever any restraint is placed on thenatural exercise of the sexual function.Amonganimals in the domesticated and isolated stateand sometimes also in the wild state thoughthis is lesseasy to observe various forms of spontaneous solitaryexcitement occur, both in males and females, sometimesby flapping the penis against the abdominal walls, andfrequently (especially in females) by rubbingthe sexualamong the people of nearly every raceparts against external objects.In the human species, similar phenomena are by nomeans found in civilization alone. They have doubtlessbeen highly developed under the conditions of civilizationbut it isby no means true that (as Mantegazza thought)masturbation is one of the moral characteristics of Europeans.It is foundof which we have intimate knowledge, however naturalthe conditions they live under, and among some it is practicedwith frequency, and isby both sexes generally recognizedas a custom in early life.We may even find amongpeoples of a somewhat low state of culture the use by thewomen of artificial refinements for masturbation, notablythe artificial phallus, which is also used in Europe today,though not among the general population.On the other hand, the use, or rather abuse, of theordinary objects and implements of daily life in obtainingauto-erotic satisfaction, among the ordinary population incivilized modern lands, has reached an extent and varietywhich can only be feebly estimated by the occasionalresulting mischances which reach the surgeon's hands.Thus vegetables and fruits (especially the banana) arefrequently used by women but they are unlikely tolead