Never Was A Cornflake Guy(1.2Mb mp3)
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Woody Allen once said "Masturbation is just sex with someone you love." This
story started with a small item of trivia: That Kellog's cornflakes were
invented to prevent masturbation. I decided to find out - what possible
connection there could be between breakfast cereal and sex?
Some radical anthropologists say that the history of the world is a struggle
between those who believe sex is bad for the crops against those who believe
sex is good for the crops.
It was believed in centuries past, that masturbation caused blindness, mental
illness, alcoholism, epilepsy and a host of other ills. It therefore made sense
to some physicians that genital surgery would stop masturbation and prevent the
onset of these illnesses.
Dr Sylvester Graham in the 1834 lashed out against white bread, feather beds,
pork, tobacco, salt, condiments, tight corsets, nocturnal emissions, heavy
clothing and hot mince pie. His specialties, though, were masturbation and poor
eating habits. Graham was not the first to warn of the evils of masturbation,
however he was amongst the earliest to be focussing on health and science
rather than morality.
Graham wrote that the loss of semen during sex was injurious to health (a
popular idea at the time); men, Graham believed, should not have intercourse
more than twelve times a year. Masturbation was especially pernicious, he said.
To reduce sexual cravings. Graham advised mild foods to decrease sexual
appetites. The graham cracker was the result!
"All kinds of stimulating and heating substances; high-seasoned food; rich
dishes; the free use of flesh; and even the excess of aliment; all, more or
less -- and some to a very great degree -- increase the concupiscent
excitability and sensibility of the genital organs..." -- said
Sylvester Graham
In 1884, this curious connection between food and sex appeared in another guise
the humble cornflake, which was invented, along with granola and other
breakfast cereals as a mild food that would serve to decrease the sexual
appetite. Dr Kellog's brother William saw the commercial potential, and the
rest (apart from a long legal battle between the brothers) - is history.
John Harvey Kellogg opposed all sexual activity from masturbation to marital
intercourse. A doctor, he never made love to his wife!
It's quite likely that Doctor was in some way dysfunctional. After breakfast
every morning, he had an orderly give him an enema. This may mean he had
klismaphilia, an anomaly of sexual functioning traceable to childhood in which
an enema substitutes for regular sexual intercourse. For the klismaphile,
putting the penis in the vagina is experienced as hard, dangerous, and
repulsive work - rather the feeling most of us have about enemas.
"A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision...The
operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic,
as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the
mind...In females, the author has found the application of pure carbolic acid
to the clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement. " --
wrote Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
This started the tradition of non-religious circumcision in the USA and to a
lesser extent in Australia, where it comes and goes like a medical fashion.
When it was finally realized that masturbation did not cause illnesses, but was
actually healthy, the foreskin became the blame for penile and cervical
cancers, urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
Researchers have since found that the forekin is innocent of these illnesses,
and circumcision offers little protection. The surgery offers no warranty for
penile health unless you live in a desert, as was discovered by US soldiers
during the Gulf War. Un-circumcised men had sand get under their foreskins and
cause swellings and pain. Circumscised soldiers had no such problems. Perhaps
5000 years ago circumcision had a practical value for nomadic desert-dwelling
tribes.
Professor Short and Dr Szabo of Melbourne University have published research
from sub-Saharan Africa that suggests that an intact foreskin is a greater
risk for male HIV infections than other factors such as promiscuity and
additional sexually transmitted diseases. About eighty percent of male HIV
infections in the world happen through the foreskin. They found that two
AIDS receptors were present in foreskins that fit the AIDS virus like a key
in a lock. The same receptors are found inside the vagina of women. Now that
HIV receptors have been found in foreskin, its expected that a topical cream
to protect against infection will soon be on the way. However this is new
fuel for the argument for the health benefits of circumcision. At this time,
nobody yet knows how much of a reduced risk of catching AIDS is granted to
circumcised men. Certainly safe sex is the smarter way to go.
Some of the commonest reasons for circumcision today are: "So he'll look like
his Daddy", and "So he won't look different in the change room at school." But
the most visible difference between a father and son is pubic hair. Should all
fathers shave themselves to look like their sons? Or should small boys be
forced to wear pubic wigs? Routine circumcision was stopped in Great Britain in
1949, yet in the few years following, no major problems from the differences
were recorded.
The risks of hemorrhage and infection during surgery are real, as is the huge
amount of pain involved. On 1987 Anand and Hickey published a comprehensive
study of infant pain in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study states
that babies do feel severe pain from the procedure, in fact more than older
children and adults would.
"The pain of circumcision is too severe to be controlled by a mild analgesic",
they concluded, even though most circumcisions in the United States are done
without pain killers. Babies do experience great and persistent pain during and
after the surgery, based on crying, increased heart and breathing rates and
other measurements, which also seems to interfere with breastfeeding in some
babies."
So, as Dr Kellog right? Or is masturbation GOOD for your health?
Not only can it relieve stress and tension, help you sleep and alleviate
menstrual cramps, but it keeps your pelvic muscles toned, it's a good
cardiovascular workout, and it's also good for your complexion!
Masturbation is safe sex, no risk of pregancy, or sexually transmitted
diseases.
In women where strong pelvic muscles are practically the sole factor in whether
labor is easy and fast or long and difficult. Women masturbating regularly with
multiple orgasms develop strong pelvic muscles and should have easier labor.
Erections are good for erections: Each time you have an erection, you recharge
the penis with tissue-nourishing oxygen that ultimately keeps you going longer,
and stronger, This is even more vital for older men who have fewer nighttime
erections to provide the oxygen replenishing.
Masturbation to the point of orgasm appears to put less strain on your heart
as measured by an increase in heart rate than does coital activity that results
in orgasm.
Storing seminal fluids for long periods can also cause prostate congestion,
which in turn can lead to urinary and ejaculatory pain. Many urologists
consider three or four ejaculations a week good medicine for the prostate,
since each ejaculation empties the prostate. Regular ejaculations, either
through masturbation or intercourse, can help ward off this condition, also
called nonspecific prostatitis and, for obvious reasons, "sailor's disease" and
"priest's disease."
Even psychologists have gotten into the act. Masturbation has been used as a
shame-attacking and guilt-attacking homework assignment. In rational-emotive
therapy (RET) and other forms of cognitive-behavior therapy, a good many
"shameful" acts are given as homework assignments for individuals to practice,
to show them that nothing is intrinsically "shameful"--that people only
attribute "shame" or "guilt" to certain acts. As such an assignment,
masturbation can prove very helpful emotionally.
The Nineteenth Century puritans left no pleasurable stone unturned. There was also
the Anti-Osculatory League, which was dedicated to stamping out the unhygenic
practice of kissing. Modern science has found howver, that kissing releases
oxytocin in the brain, which is a chemical important to emotional bonding,
sleep, and to the immune system.
To Nineteenth Century science, kissing was unhealthy, masturbation was
unhealthy, sex was unhealthy and they all required severe measures from
diets, to surgery and even political action. In the last hundred years,
modern science has finally found that kissing, masturbation and sex are
essential for good health. Its a shame they can't be had on prescription!
Further reading:
John Harvey Kellogg (1852–1943): ‘Masturbation results in general debility, unnatural pale eyes and forehead acne’
Kellogs Cornflakes
Porn Flakes
Woody Allen once said "Masturbation is just sex with someone you love." This
story started with a small item of trivia: That Kellog's cornflakes were
invented to prevent masturbation. I decided to find out - what possible
connection there could be between breakfast cereal and sex?
Some radical anthropologists say that the history of the world is a struggle
between those who believe sex is bad for the crops against those who believe
sex is good for the crops.
It was believed in centuries past, that masturbation caused blindness, mental
illness, alcoholism, epilepsy and a host of other ills. It therefore made sense
to some physicians that genital surgery would stop masturbation and prevent the
onset of these illnesses.
Dr Sylvester Graham in the 1834 lashed out against white bread, feather beds,
pork, tobacco, salt, condiments, tight corsets, nocturnal emissions, heavy
clothing and hot mince pie. His specialties, though, were masturbation and poor
eating habits. Graham was not the first to warn of the evils of masturbation,
however he was amongst the earliest to be focussing on health and science
rather than morality.
Graham wrote that the loss of semen during sex was injurious to health (a
popular idea at the time); men, Graham believed, should not have intercourse
more than twelve times a year. Masturbation was especially pernicious, he said.
To reduce sexual cravings. Graham advised mild foods to decrease sexual
appetites. The graham cracker was the result!
"All kinds of stimulating and heating substances; high-seasoned food; rich
dishes; the free use of flesh; and even the excess of aliment; all, more or
less -- and some to a very great degree -- increase the concupiscent
excitability and sensibility of the genital organs..." -- said
Sylvester Graham
In 1884, this curious connection between food and sex appeared in another guise
the humble cornflake, which was invented, along with granola and other
breakfast cereals as a mild food that would serve to decrease the sexual
appetite. Dr Kellog's brother William saw the commercial potential, and the
rest (apart from a long legal battle between the brothers) - is history.
John Harvey Kellogg opposed all sexual activity from masturbation to marital
intercourse. A doctor, he never made love to his wife!
It's quite likely that Doctor was in some way dysfunctional. After breakfast
every morning, he had an orderly give him an enema. This may mean he had
klismaphilia, an anomaly of sexual functioning traceable to childhood in which
an enema substitutes for regular sexual intercourse. For the klismaphile,
putting the penis in the vagina is experienced as hard, dangerous, and
repulsive work - rather the feeling most of us have about enemas.
"A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision...The
operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic,
as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the
mind...In females, the author has found the application of pure carbolic acid
to the clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement. " --
wrote Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
This started the tradition of non-religious circumcision in the USA and to a
lesser extent in Australia, where it comes and goes like a medical fashion.
When it was finally realized that masturbation did not cause illnesses, but was
actually healthy, the foreskin became the blame for penile and cervical
cancers, urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.
Researchers have since found that the forekin is innocent of these illnesses,
and circumcision offers little protection. The surgery offers no warranty for
penile health unless you live in a desert, as was discovered by US soldiers
during the Gulf War. Un-circumcised men had sand get under their foreskins and
cause swellings and pain. Circumscised soldiers had no such problems. Perhaps
5000 years ago circumcision had a practical value for nomadic desert-dwelling
tribes.
Professor Short and Dr Szabo of Melbourne University have published research
from sub-Saharan Africa that suggests that an intact foreskin is a greater
risk for male HIV infections than other factors such as promiscuity and
additional sexually transmitted diseases. About eighty percent of male HIV
infections in the world happen through the foreskin. They found that two
AIDS receptors were present in foreskins that fit the AIDS virus like a key
in a lock. The same receptors are found inside the vagina of women. Now that
HIV receptors have been found in foreskin, its expected that a topical cream
to protect against infection will soon be on the way. However this is new
fuel for the argument for the health benefits of circumcision. At this time,
nobody yet knows how much of a reduced risk of catching AIDS is granted to
circumcised men. Certainly safe sex is the smarter way to go.
Some of the commonest reasons for circumcision today are: "So he'll look like
his Daddy", and "So he won't look different in the change room at school." But
the most visible difference between a father and son is pubic hair. Should all
fathers shave themselves to look like their sons? Or should small boys be
forced to wear pubic wigs? Routine circumcision was stopped in Great Britain in
1949, yet in the few years following, no major problems from the differences
were recorded.
The risks of hemorrhage and infection during surgery are real, as is the huge
amount of pain involved. On 1987 Anand and Hickey published a comprehensive
study of infant pain in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study states
that babies do feel severe pain from the procedure, in fact more than older
children and adults would.
"The pain of circumcision is too severe to be controlled by a mild analgesic",
they concluded, even though most circumcisions in the United States are done
without pain killers. Babies do experience great and persistent pain during and
after the surgery, based on crying, increased heart and breathing rates and
other measurements, which also seems to interfere with breastfeeding in some
babies."
So, as Dr Kellog right? Or is masturbation GOOD for your health?
Not only can it relieve stress and tension, help you sleep and alleviate
menstrual cramps, but it keeps your pelvic muscles toned, it's a good
cardiovascular workout, and it's also good for your complexion!
Masturbation is safe sex, no risk of pregancy, or sexually transmitted
diseases.
In women where strong pelvic muscles are practically the sole factor in whether
labor is easy and fast or long and difficult. Women masturbating regularly with
multiple orgasms develop strong pelvic muscles and should have easier labor.
Erections are good for erections: Each time you have an erection, you recharge
the penis with tissue-nourishing oxygen that ultimately keeps you going longer,
and stronger, This is even more vital for older men who have fewer nighttime
erections to provide the oxygen replenishing.
Masturbation to the point of orgasm appears to put less strain on your heart
as measured by an increase in heart rate than does coital activity that results
in orgasm.
Storing seminal fluids for long periods can also cause prostate congestion,
which in turn can lead to urinary and ejaculatory pain. Many urologists
consider three or four ejaculations a week good medicine for the prostate,
since each ejaculation empties the prostate. Regular ejaculations, either
through masturbation or intercourse, can help ward off this condition, also
called nonspecific prostatitis and, for obvious reasons, "sailor's disease" and
"priest's disease."
Even psychologists have gotten into the act. Masturbation has been used as a
shame-attacking and guilt-attacking homework assignment. In rational-emotive
therapy (RET) and other forms of cognitive-behavior therapy, a good many
"shameful" acts are given as homework assignments for individuals to practice,
to show them that nothing is intrinsically "shameful"--that people only
attribute "shame" or "guilt" to certain acts. As such an assignment,
masturbation can prove very helpful emotionally.
The Nineteenth Century puritans left no pleasurable stone unturned. There was also
the Anti-Osculatory League, which was dedicated to stamping out the unhygenic
practice of kissing. Modern science has found howver, that kissing releases
oxytocin in the brain, which is a chemical important to emotional bonding,
sleep, and to the immune system.
To Nineteenth Century science, kissing was unhealthy, masturbation was
unhealthy, sex was unhealthy and they all required severe measures from
diets, to surgery and even political action. In the last hundred years,
modern science has finally found that kissing, masturbation and sex are
essential for good health. Its a shame they can't be had on prescription!
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