Masturbation is one of those topics that a lot of people feel a bit skittish talking about. Sure, everyone does it, but it isn’t exactly something most people talk about as openly as, say, a one-night stand. I mean, at least a one-night stand has a fun buildup and execution, but how would one describe a masturbation session in that same amount of detail? I lit some scented jasmine candles….dimmed the bedroom lights to the lowest setting…. put on some smooth jazz…..then I looked at my hand lovingly. Nope. Just doesn’t sound as interesting as hooking up with a random hot Latino guy you met at the bar. However, in an effort to open up the sex education conversation, a northern England government is trying just that: campaigning young adults to masturbate. For years, England has unwillingly boasted the highest teenage pregnancy rate in all of Western Europe. Naturally, health officials are racking their brains to find new and compelling ways to lower that rate and their newest efforts have been to encourage young adults to participate in one “orgasm a day” through a new brochure aptly named “Pleasure.” It states, “Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes’ physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?” A campaign of this type has stirred up some controversy. Its critics feel the campaign is encouraging young adults to have sex at an earlier age and to have unprotected sex. One of the brochure’s authors, Steven Slack, feels that it actually promotes the exact opposite of this. He feels that opening up the masturbation conversation will cause young adults to wait for their first sexual experience until they feel they can appropriately enjoy it. Experts from the United States agree with the message but are a bit skeptical about the means of executing the message.

Original Source of The British Masturbation Campaign