What does ipsation mean?
Ipsation means (psychology, dated) Solitary masturbation..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(psychology, dated) Solitary masturbation..
Were this young boy a member of some primitive tribe he probably would find no need for ipsation, because at fifteen he would have found a sexual partner already and would be practising normal sexual intercourse with her.
At age of 10 he was initiated into ipsation after mutual inspection of a little girl but this was an isolated instance; he was only interested from a distance.
In former times the dangers of ipsation were as much exaggerated as they have in recent times been underestimated. In the literature of modern medicine it is almost without exception considered an innocent action of compensation.
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Ipsation means (psychology, dated) Solitary masturbation..
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Were this young boy a member of some primitive tribe he probably would find no need for ipsation, because at fifteen he would have found a sexual partner already and would be practising normal sexual intercourse with her.
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