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Why? This was a different time.
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Sexual mores were different in the 19th century.
shareThat is how history records it, but sexual needs and desires have always been the same in people. It is inconceivable that (once anyone gets to a certain age) they don't release those things. That's not to say they did it in the bedroom (that they pretty much all shared).
shareNow there's a subject one doesn't expect to see when reading the Little House on the Prairie forums...
I guess my first response is to wonder Why are you wondering in the first place? The second related one is to wonder whether you're thinking of the characters on the TV show, or in real life in the 1800's.
Assuming the latter...
That's a human activity irrespective of timeframe and is something that humans have always done.
With that said, mores have changed on this, and it used to be more looked down upon in culture, and because it is not something that is necessary to do (despite what some today claim), I am sure that in times past among some it was much less common than it is in culture now.
In other words, it's possible some or all did and possible some or all didn't. But I still think the question is kind of weird to begin with...
The fact that you feel compelled to say it's weird is exactly where the problem lies.
It is necessary to do if you aren't engaging in sexualy activty with another person. In the same way having regular physical contact (hugs, kisses with family, friends etc) is. So yes you can technicaly go without, but it is not healthy.
I did not say that it was weird - you misread - please do not put words in my mouth. In fact I said that it was very common.
What I do think is a tad weird is posting on a Little House on the Prairie forum wondering whether the characters did it.
I also think it a bit weird that you feel compelled to make a case for masturbation...
I did not say that it was weird - you misread - please do not put words in my mouth. In fact I said that it was very common.
In other words, it's possible some or all did and possible some or all didn't. But I still think the question is kind of weird to begin with...
how can something be weird and common at the same time???????
so you responded to a weird question? that seems bizarre to me.
Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.
Perhaps. As stated, if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't have. Are you going to tell me that you have NEVER responded to a question that you thought was a little odd? Let us be honest here Mr. deem_bastille. You comment all the time on posts and I'll bet there's been at least one that you thought was a little odd... If none other, you responded to my post that you thought was odd, so I guess by your logic your own action should seem bizarre to you too...
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Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.
My apologies. I've read your posts here for a long time & don't know why I thought you were a Mr.
sharePretty sure that's why those boys were spying on Sylvia.
shareWhat made me think about it was the speculation on Charles and Caroline's sex life. It made me wonder if they or their daughters ever had done it seeing as premarital sex was seen as immoral by most at that time (and by some today) and that it would be easier to hide masturbatory activity.
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<< I find it a little odd to sit and wonder about whether the Ingalls family masturbated. >>
Pretty sure Nellie was the busiest bee...
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Well, we we know Mary certainly did. When I was a kid, the nuns told us that could happen if you did that too much. Come to think of it, I think Mr. Edwards had some hair on his palms. Hmmmmm!!!
I call woo woo on you,
YES! Mary went blind from masturbating too much!
Jezebel! Flauntin' your flesh in temptation's raiment! You will burn. Oh you will burn!
Although I question the OP but some religion had sort of chastity belt for boy that had spike so at night if they achieve erection they would wake up. Chirstiany does have some problems
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They probably did.
shareOkay, seriously, this thread needs to be bumped. Either that, or I could just go ahead and start a new one about Carrie and why she REALLY spends all that time in the outhouse...🚽
Better yet, couldn't Michael Landon have just written a whole episode for her on this--exploring the issue of Carrie exploring herself?! 😜😅 "The Littlest Masturbator In Walnut Grove". Or perhaps "Masturbation, Prairie Style". Would have made more sense than the LSD-trip episode of Carrie with the giant strawberries 🍓 and hallucinatory friend.