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Solly Mack

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6. Apparently there was an amount of masturbation considered reasonable...

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 09:32 PM

Mar 2016

as well as a certain way (no smoking while...), and you must be free of certain diseases (but not all)...but you must do it, otherwise you're suppressing, as long as you don't do it for 30 years.

Masturbation and Syphilis
Masturbation for 30 years
Tobacco and Masturbation
Deranged Masturbation
Suppressed Masturbation

I won't even get into some of the others.

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List of reasons for admission to mental asylum 1864 to 1899 [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 OP

LOL to 'Masturbation for 30 years' Trajan Mar 2016 #1

Salvation Army?? ailsagirl Mar 2016 #2

"gathering in the head" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #3

No way, this can't be true intrepidity Mar 2016 #4

Time of Life? Wtf is that? NightWatcher Mar 2016 #5

One of the many euphemisms for menopause. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #9

Apparently there was an amount of masturbation considered reasonable... Solly Mack Mar 2016 #6

Heck, I'd OWN an number of asylums based on these reasons! southerncrone Mar 2016 #7

lots of reasons to lock up women on that list annabanana Mar 2016 #8

Well, "Uterine Derangement" would be a little more publishable than "Pussy Riot". eppur_se_muova Mar 2016 #10

Lol......good point. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #11

"Political Excitement" TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #12

I would be locked up. IrishEyes Mar 2016 #13

Where did you find this? trof Mar 2016 #14

Found it on Borowitz site. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #15

My Gggggrandfather died in an asylum in the 1880s. postulater Mar 2016 #16

So did one of my relative. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #17

Some amazing stories when you start digging. postulater Mar 2016 #18