1/Let's say we have a culture where it's considered extremely bad to masturbate. You masturbate, of course. Now you're put into a position where, if you engage honestly with the rest of the community, you will be harshly punished. You can't be honest if someone asks what you
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4/How do we tell if something is a "difficult cultural standard" by this definition? To qualify, it must: 1. Not hurt anybody 2. Be difficult to avoid doing/relating to base needs So: Do you have any examples of actions that are violations of social morality, but don't hurt-
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5/anybody (beyond the strictly constructed/cultural impact, e.g., "you hurt me so much by breaking my trust to go masturbate like that"), and are difficult to avoid doing (such that a significant percentage of the population does this despite harsh social stigma)?
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Needs? I wouldn’t go that far... I think more what was the intended use of the sexual organs? It may be overly condemned but I also don’t think people Are supposed to sit around all day gratifying themselves
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"Honesty and communication" may already be at odds with your community. Could there be a community that supports masturbation but doesn't want you to respond to "how has your day been?" with "It was going great until my vibrator battery died"?
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2/ i.e. your question implies that four things are important to you: acceptance within your community; masturbation; honesty; and communication. Assuming arguendo that each is a yes/no question, you have sixteen potential cases to deal with.
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3/ The easy case to posit is the four "yes" condition: a community that supports communication, honesty, masturbation, and acceptance. Has anyone seen one? How large was it? Once you're into the other fifteen cases, I don't think it can ever be fully internally consistent.
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Skeptical that it harms nobody (leaving aside oneself). If one uses porn, it generates demand for prostitution. If one tells other people about it, it influences others and changes norms. Maybe people find they have less "bodily need" to masturbate in certain environments.
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I was first exposed to porn through a friend around age 12. It was going to be inevitable soon anyway. Sometimes wonder how things would have been different if I hadn't had these influences. I'd rather not have this "bodily need."
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