RT Article
T1 The Organ of Tactility: Fantasy, Image, and Male Masturbation
JF Pastoral psychology
VO 67
IS 6
SP 627
OP 653
A1 Hamman, Jaco J. 1967-
LA English
PB Springer Science Business Media B. V.
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1584763744
AB This article explores the interplay of fantasy and image in male solitary masturbation in the virtual age. Online pornography has drastically changed the intimate relationship between the hand and the penis. The case of a 17-year-old boy and his excessive use of Internet pornography is used to highlight pornography's impact on a person's well-being and neurology. A brief exploration of three histories of masturbation shows how the discourse on masturbation often serves political agendas and addresses the central role of sexual fantasy in the practice. Sexual fantasy is explored through the research of British psychoanalyst Brett Kahr. To examine the significance of the eye in pornography, philosopher Michael Taussig's concept of “the eye as the organ of tactility” is discussed. The essay concludes by offering a framework for discerning whether masturbating to images might be disordered or not. Fantasy, which is nonvisual sexual arousal, can relieve a person from the tyranny of the eye and of compulsive masturbation.
K1 Boys
K1 Brett Kahr
K1 Erotic fantasy
K1 Internet
K1 Mark Twain
K1 Masturbation
K1 Men
K1 Michael Taussig
K1 Onanism
K1 Pornography
K1 Samuel-Auguste Tissot
K1 Sex
K1 Sexuality
K1 Technology
DO 10.1007/s11089-017-0797-6