“You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” (6:19b-20). Your body is for the Lord (6:13)-and your wife if you are married. What habits are you creating by repeated Type B masturbation? Are you becoming mastered by this habit (see 1 Corinthians 6:12)? If so, you might be reinforcing a false belief that your body is simply your own. But there is another critical question to ask. In one sense, because Type B masturbation involves no lust, it would be easy to assume it involves no sin.
Type B people are likely to hear this and either get defensive or start feeling a sense of false guilt and shame. Similarly, if a Type C masturbator becomes a spiritual leader he will be likely to say that all masturbation is sinful. If Type C men listen to a teacher like this, they either become very confused, or they are encouraged to believe that their lifestyle of fantasy-filled masturbation is okay. If he universalizes his own experience, this man is likely to think there is nothing wrong with masturbation at all. In his book, Weiss asks what happens when a Type B masturbator grows up and becomes a pastor, Christian counselor, or Bible teacher. Men who lust during masturbation (Type C) – These men are “disconnected” during the act of masturbation: their focus is on a mental image, an actual image, or an object.
As such, there is little emotion attached to the experience, and typically no sense of guilt or shame.ģ. For this person, the act is merely performing a bodily function. Men who do not fantasize or lust during masturbation (Type B) – This type of person stays “connected” to himself during masturbation-they don’t escape into fantasy. In other cultures, Weiss adds, masturbation simply isn’t a cultural norm and is relatively uncommon.Ģ. After years of speaking at men’s conferences, he’s only met 14 men who claim to have never masturbated. Men who have never masturbated (Type A) – Weiss believes this group of men is the smallest camp of men in the Western world. In his book Sex, Men, and God, Doug Weiss says there are three types of men in the world (and, I assume, this goes for women, too):ġ.
For those who are utterly opposed to all masturbation, regardless of the internal dynamics that drive it, the question sounds irrelevant.īut for those whom lust is their primary concern when it comes to masturbation, the question is of immense importance. For those who feel no guilt or shame about the matter, the question sounds ridiculous. At first glance, the question “Can you masturbate without lusting?” might sound like an odd question.
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