It’s easy to laugh now, but as recently as half a century ago, boys were trussed in anti-masturbation devices that were extremely cruel and unusual. This was done in the belief that men masturbation was a sign of perversion and a sickness of the mind that must be driven out. As it is now plain to see, it was not the mind of the innocent victim that was corrupted or perverted, but the minds of the sick puppies who invented the devices to prevent men masturbation.

Some of these devices included:

The leather jacket corset -  created in 31 by Dr Fleck, it included a metal penis tube and “a steel band riveted to the shield permanently and attached to the body with an encircling steel band in such a manner that it cannot be removed and prevented access to the testicles.” Dr Fleck claimed that no boy ever managed an escape from his penile Alcatraz.

Spike-lined ring – this anti men masturbation device was introduced to overcome ‘nocturnal emissions’ by doctors in Boston as recently as the 1950’s.

Spermatorrhea Bandage—The idea behind this anti men masturbation idea was to keep the penis tightly bound, thus making it impossible to have an erection.

Stephenson’s Spermatic Truss – This is not the same gentleman who gave the world Stephenson’s Rocket. This was an anti men masturbation device created in 1876 for controlling the pocket rocket. It placed the penis in a pouch stretched and tied down between the legs.  Stephenson amended his device some 21 years later to include a metal hoo under which the penis could move freely, thus forcing an erect penis to be driven against painful spikes.

Dr. Moodie’s Apparatus for Boys– Scotch physician John Moodie invented this delightful anti men masturbation device – a truss-and-shield in 1848. It included a penis tube with a slot on the side for the boy to push his penis out in order to urinate.

Men masturbation has not always enjoyed the free and easy press it has today. The internet abounds with enlightened websites not only declaring men masturbation to be healthy, but positively encouraging exploration and experimentation with a wide and inventive catalog of men masturbation techniques. If you want to watch videos or ogle pictures of men masturbation, you can be doing so in two clicks of a masturbatory mouse.

It was very different indeed during the monkey spanking spurned days of the 1700s and 1800s. Many a prominent physicians began to believe masturbation was the reason for certain mental and physical deficiencies. Just as in earlier times people believed certain women to be witches, several intelligent scientists, philosophers, and religious leaders of the day decided that illnesses including insanity, vision and hearing problems, epilepsy, mental retardation, and general health problems were caused by that naughty lady Five Fingered Mary. In fact, over 60% of medical illnesses were blamed on men masturbation.

The fear of masturbation became so great that throughout the world, extreme preventative measures were instituted including the use of mechanical restraints, genital surgery, and rigorous physical discipline.

By the 19th century the cereal magnate John Harvey Kellogg, (that’s right, the man who brought you Corn Flakes, not  Porn Flakes) declared “sex for anything but reproduction” to be “sexual excess.” Kellogg and others began advocating routine circumcision of males as a deterrent to men masturbation.

Some of the hideous and cruel implements invented expressly to stop a session of men masturbation are still viewable in museums around the world. One such was the Bowen Device– this was a cup that was placed over the head of the penis and attached to pubic hair by chains and clips. When the wearer got an erection, the pubic hair would be plucked painfully and the wearer would be sufficiently distracted to stop thinking impure thoughts.