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The main points of this FAQ (Talk:Masturbation#FAQ) can be summarized as:
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Q1: Why don't you state masturbation addiction as fact?
A1: Our policies on Wikipedia, in particular WP:WEIGHT and WP:FRINGE, require us to provide coverage to views based on their prominence within reliable sources, and we must reflect the opinion of the scientific community as accurately as possible. For example, if the APA will include masturbation addiction in the DSM, then Wikipedia will rubber-stamp its decision. Otherwise, Wikipedia isn't here to give a "fair and balanced" treatment to your pet ideas. In this respect, Wikipedia is merely a mirror which reflects medical orthodoxy. There is no official document from WHO, AMA, APA, Cochrane or APA which would imply that sex/porn/masturbation addiction would be a valid diagnosis. (CSBD isn't an addiction.)
Q2: Why don't you state that porn use is paraphilia (pictophilia)?
A2: The majority of US men use porn.[1][2][3][4][5] What the majority does is axiomatically clinically normal in psychiatry. According to The Huffington Post, 70% of men and 30% of women watch porn.[6] Quite probably, the majority of US population between ages 18 and 35 use porn at least once a week.[7]
DSM-5 code for pornography use? Not any. ICD-10 code for pornography use? Not any. ICD-11 code for pornography use? Not any. So, of course it isn't paraphilia. Even allowing that an excessive obsession with porn is paraphilia, normal (ordinary) porn use isn't. Past discussions
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Under the section regarding Male Masturbation, why do you assume the reader is circumcised?
[edit]Instead of making such assumption, you could explain both ways. Thank you. 173.95.25.211 (talk) 17:01, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see anything that assumes that. The content given seems to apply to both situations. signed, Willondon (talk) 17:44, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Images or videos
[edit]This article should have videos, or photos, of a man and a woman masturbating, instead of drawings. Videos are better, but photos are better than drawings. AnnaFriendly2346 (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Random commentary from Psychology: A Modular Approach
[edit]I propose removing the quote (Some cynics add, "And the other 5 percent lied!") from Psychology: A Modular Approach in Masturbation § Frequency, age, and sex (added here), as it seems to be random commentary that doesn’t contribute to the understanding of the subject. Kaze757 (talk) 13:43, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- IMHO, it seems to show the degree of skepticism experts have in respect to men claiming they don't masturbate. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:14, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
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