Regarding Masturbation, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 747

Multiple Choice

Regarding masturbation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Over seventy years ago, masturbation met with a great deal of religious and medical disapproval with children being told that masturbation caused insanity, acne, and/or sterility.
• B) Contrary to popular myths, people are not always compelled to masturbate because they lack a sexual partner.
• C) Masturbation occurs in adults due to immaturity and low self-esteem and tends to cause problems in marriages when it occurs.
• D) Masturbation is considered the safest sex and provides a healthy substitute for sexual involvement for adolescents when they are maturing emotionally.

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Definitions:

Phalanges

The bones in the fingers and toes of the human body, playing essential roles in movement and dexterity.

Metacarpals

The five elongated bones linking the wrist to the fingers in the hand.

Carpals

The eight small bones forming the wrist that connect the hand to the forearm.

Tarsals

Bones constituting the part of the foot between the leg and the metatarsals, including the ankle bones and forming the structure of the heel and the back of the foot arch.