MAY is National Masturbation Month here in the United States
May is in fact National Masturbation Month in the United States!
The celebration of May as National Masturbation Month began in 1995 in San Francisco as a response to the forced resignation of then U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders.Following a public speech at the United Nations World AIDS Day in 1994, a member of the crowd asked Elders about masturbation’s potential for discouraging early sexual activity. She answered,“I think it is something that is part of human sexuality and a part of something that perhaps should be taught.” Elders Like many of the surgeon generals before her was an outspoken advocate of a variety of health-related causes. She argued for an exploration of the possibility of drug legalization and backed the distribution of contraceptives in schools.
However her career ended that day as America’s first black Surgeon General, which sparked the birth of National Masturbation Month.
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