19th Century denial cult!
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:51 am
I was reading an issue of Nexus magazine and found this article about sexual energy and a lot of stuff about self denial.
Most interesting bit (to me) was about some guy called John Humphrey who founded the Oneida Community which grew to over 250 members:
"Intercourse without ejaculation was the cornerstone of the Oneida Community. Young men learned self-control from post-menopausal women".
How come I've never heard about this before?!?
Unless the article is bollocks of course.
EDIT:
Also found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Society
This section:
Male continence
Males were encouraged to avoid ejaculation during intercourse with their partners, as a sign of self-control and spiritual maturity. This meant that many sexual acts did not cause impregnation of the female partner. This practice was based on the idea that "wasting" a man's semen was bad, and that difficult pregnancies for women should be avoided. (Noyes' wife had lost four of five children during her pregnancies.) The Oneida Community had a low fecundity rate, although around 40 unplanned pregnancies are documented during the early years of the Community. Compared to the larger society, the Community's concept of male continence could be considered progressive, partly because in contemporary society men did not usually have the responsibility of birth control.
Male Continence is based on the male's muscular ability to control his ejaculation during sexual coitus. Young boys just entering puberty were only allowed to participate in sexual acts with women who were past the child bearing age until they had proved their fully mastered ability to control ejaculation. Many women of the community found male continence to lead to the furtherment of their sexual enjoyment, as sexual encounters often could last for more than one hour.
There were rumors at the time claiming that controlling the man's 'seed' could be detrimental to the male's health and lead to infertility, but these claims were later disproved.
EDIT EDIT:
Also found this picture of the Community-
Look at those guys in the middle surrounded by all those girls. You know they have raging hardons, you can tell. Look at the behind guy hiding his face. Hes ashamed of his tease-cock.
Most interesting bit (to me) was about some guy called John Humphrey who founded the Oneida Community which grew to over 250 members:
"Intercourse without ejaculation was the cornerstone of the Oneida Community. Young men learned self-control from post-menopausal women".
How come I've never heard about this before?!?
Unless the article is bollocks of course.
EDIT:
Also found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Society
This section:
Male continence
Males were encouraged to avoid ejaculation during intercourse with their partners, as a sign of self-control and spiritual maturity. This meant that many sexual acts did not cause impregnation of the female partner. This practice was based on the idea that "wasting" a man's semen was bad, and that difficult pregnancies for women should be avoided. (Noyes' wife had lost four of five children during her pregnancies.) The Oneida Community had a low fecundity rate, although around 40 unplanned pregnancies are documented during the early years of the Community. Compared to the larger society, the Community's concept of male continence could be considered progressive, partly because in contemporary society men did not usually have the responsibility of birth control.
Male Continence is based on the male's muscular ability to control his ejaculation during sexual coitus. Young boys just entering puberty were only allowed to participate in sexual acts with women who were past the child bearing age until they had proved their fully mastered ability to control ejaculation. Many women of the community found male continence to lead to the furtherment of their sexual enjoyment, as sexual encounters often could last for more than one hour.
There were rumors at the time claiming that controlling the man's 'seed' could be detrimental to the male's health and lead to infertility, but these claims were later disproved.
EDIT EDIT:
Also found this picture of the Community-
Look at those guys in the middle surrounded by all those girls. You know they have raging hardons, you can tell. Look at the behind guy hiding his face. Hes ashamed of his tease-cock.