{"product_id":"masturbation-the-history-of-a-great-terror-hardcover","title":"Masturbation: The History of a Great Terror - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Stengers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Van\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Van Neck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMasturbation: The History of a Great Terror\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny and frightening look at the attitudes towards masturbation throughout history and how they have affected the sex lives of anyone living and breathing today. The French biologist, Tissot, was the original spoil-sport who turned masturbation into the scourge of young men everywhere. Saying that a little self-induced pleasure caused wasting, insanity, and finally death, Tissot put the clamps (literally, in some cases) on the greatest relaxation inducer known to humankind. From Tissot's work to the punitive postures of the German courts to the surgical preventatives of continental Europe and England to the handbook of the Boy Scouts of America, spanking\/wanking, yanking\/choking, and other assorted diddling became the big no-no. Stengers and Van Neck give us the whole story and it isn't pretty, but it will fascinate everyone who agrees with Woody Allen when he said Hey, don't knock masturbation! It's sex with someone I love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Stengers\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Brussels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eAnne Van Neck\u003c\/b\u003e was a Master of Research at the University's Institute of History. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Hoffmann\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Hawaii, is the author of \u003ci\u003eSociety of Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45314330460262,"sku":"9780312224431","price":69.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/c0d1d01WVnI2S0Z1WlFFdFRrZUtudz09.webp?v=1774338623","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/masturbation-the-history-of-a-great-terror-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}