1. Let's talk a little bit about Norman Podhoretz & masturbation.
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2. In Making It, the first of his many autobiographies, Podhoretz tells us that "many men" (meaning him) want to jerk off before writing.
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3. Podhoretz: "Many men have a strong impulse to masturbate when they are about to start on a piece of writing." Me: Speak for yourself, bud
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4. The entire passage is an extended discussion of writing & erections (with an St. Augustine citation for
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5. Re-reading Making It, I realized I had blocked out how often Podhoretz compares writing to achieving an erection (block=impotence)
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often cast as a masculine ability to pleasure a feminine muse sexually
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You might want to learn about the difference between masturbation and pleasuring women.
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male potency in pen as penis is the common theme here, is that not clear?
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