Immature psychological defense mechanisms and the misrepresentations of some sex researchers

Immature psychological defense mechanisms are associated with women's greater desire for and actual engaging in masturbation

“…They can be conceptualized as existing along a developmental scale ranging from immature (or maladaptive) through neurotic to mature. The immature defense mechanisms are termed such (Brody, Costa, & Hess, 2012) because they are both more clearly (than neurotic defenses or less use of mature defenses) related to various adult psychopathologies and are found in normal young children (Blaya et al, 2006;Bond, 2004;Feinberg, 2011). The pattern of component immature defenses may also differentiate between diagnoses, including depressive patients from panic disorder patients and obsessive disorder patients (Blaya et al, 2006).…”

“Standard Operating Procedures for Female Orgasmic Disorder” is not Based on Best Evidence

“…Another means by which the Laan et al [1] guidelines risk harming women's health is simply not incorporating the best available evidence, which is required for evidence-based practice. It has been noted that many sexologists ignore and deny evidence contradicting the politically correct, clitorocentric theory of women's intercourse orgasm (which ignores both vaginal sensitivity and the differences between women who have vaginal orgasm and those who do not) [11,18,37,46,47]. Women's sexual, emotional, physiological, and relationship function should no longer be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness that has long guided practice in the field, and which is exemplified by Laan and colleagues' withholding and misrepresentation [46] …”

Is Ejaculation Frequency in Men Related to General and Mental Health? Looking Back and Looking Forward

“…It is inherent to correlational studies that no causal relationship can be established. As masturbation has a long-standing history of superstition and ostracism up until today ( Brody et al, 2012 ; Hoseini, 2017 ), causal studies are essential. Without the possibility for causal interpretation, results remain open to the respective theoretical background individuals hold.…”

“…Research addressing the question of mental health and masturbation is, indeed, still sometimes biased by a traditional and historical perspective on masturbation, making a scientific evaluation of results difficult ( Brody and Costa, 2009 ; Brody et al, 2012 ; Hoseini, 2017 ; Jiao et al, 2019 ). While Zimmer and Imhoff (2020) critically discuss the fact that masturbatory guilt and distress is often particularly present in individuals not trusting scientific results, sometimes the scientific background itself is biased ( Tashakori et al, 2017 ; Jiao et al, 2019 ).…”