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Masturbation
 

Some famous adepts of masturbation

The Cynical philosopher, Diogène de Sinope (413-327 before JC, above, according to a painting of Raphael,) used to masturbate in public, specially on the "agora" (market place in Ancient Greece). He said that he “had his breakfast” and wanted to thus denounce the hypocrisy which surrounds the sexual practices, but also he wanted to dispute the standards, and get free. If one pointed out to him that this behavior was improper, he was glad to answer that he satisfied a need in such a simple way as to eat and drink the hunger and thirst alleviate…


Woody Allen, movie director and actor, is very popular in France. He explains that he makes love very well because he has been training on himself for a long time . In his movie “Annie Hall”, 1977, he places the following counterpart: “don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love”