stated that _most_ of his
schoolmates were onanists; L. said 'more than half' was the
proportion.
"At my school, manual masturbation was both solitary and mutual;
and sometimes younger boys, who had not acquired the habit, were
induced to manipulate bigger boys. One very precocious boy of
fifteen always chose a companion of ten 'because his hand was
like a woman's.' Sometimes boys entered their friend's bed for
mutual excitement. In after-life they showed no signs of
inversion. Another boy, aged about fourteen, who had been seduced
by a servant-girl, embraced the bolster; the pleasurable
sensations, according to his statement, were heightened by
imagining that the bolster was a woman. He said that the
enjoyment of the act was greatly increased during the holidays,
when he was able to spread a pair of his sister's drawers upon
the pillow, and so intensify the illusion.
"Before puberty the boys appeared to be more continent than
afterward. A few of the older and more intelligent masturbators
regulated the habit, as some married men regulate intercourse.
The big boy referred to, who chose always the same manipulator,
professed to indulge only once in twenty days, his reason being
that more frequent repetition of the act would injure his health.
About twice a week for boys who had reached puberty, and once a
week for younger boys, was, I think, about the average
indulgence.
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