The Organ of Tactility: Fantasy, Image, and Male Masturbation
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 highl...
| 发表在: | Pastoral psychology |
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
[2018]
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Pastoral psychology
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Brett Kahr
B Michael Taussig B Sex B Mark Twain B Pornography B Samuel-Auguste Tissot B Technology B 自慰 B Men B Sexuality B Boys B 互联网 B Erotic fantasy B Onanism |
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| 总结: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-017-0797-6 |