Since Adam and Eve were barred from the Garden of Eden, human sexual behavior has been the topic of frequent discussion but all too infrequent scientiISc investigation. Even a cursory review of the literature will substantiate this claim, particularly when the sexual activity under scrutiny is masturbation. In fact, prior to the often referenced research of Kinsey and his associates (Kinsey, 1948, 1953), the general paucity of rigorous scientific analysis of the masturbatory behavior of the adult male and female is most evident. A summary of early attitudes pertaining to masturbation may best be offered by quoting from Frances Strain's New Patterns in Sex Teaching:
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Greenberg et al. (1973) studied this question.
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