Addendum

                I feel like I need to add a little bit more to my last post.  I wanted to clarify that Douglas Weiss does not recommend masturbation.  Here’s a direct quote from Sex, Men and God:  “If you are reading this book, stop and say aloud, ‘Doug Weiss is not recommending masturbation.’”  I think it was an error on my part not to clarify that in the previous post.

                Also, Weiss warns men who use fantasy or pornography while masturbating against trying to masturbate without such images.  An attempt would merely be a way to “justify” another occurrence of their sin.

                And finally, I’d like to add that, as a woman, I’d prefer to say, “Just don’t do it!”  That seems simple enough to me.  But I am not male.  And I am not an expert.  And since less than 1% of the male population will not masturbate at all, isn’t better to set guidelines in place for our sons, and warn them about the dangers of crossing the lines, then to give them a futile, “Don’t do it!”?  I will choose to defer to a male expert, and the first one I’ve come across is Weiss.

                End of addendum.  J