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Circle jerk



A circle jerk usually refers to a group of boys or men masturbating together. The participants may or may not masturbate each other.

Sometimes this may be in the form of a game. Participants may masturbate themselves in a challenge to see who can ejaculate first and be declared the winner. Other times, one is to masturbate his opponent and the one who ejaculates first is instead declared the loser and may have to eat the other's semen.

This sometimes involves a contest to see who can ejaculate first on a piece of bread or biscuit. The last to ejaculate may be forced to eat the semen soaked biscuit, commonly called a "limp biscuit" or, more commonly, a "soggy biscuit". In Australia, the term "soggy sao" is also used, referring to the popular biscuit produced by Arnott's. This is often an urban legend associated with fraternity initiation of pledges. Among adolescents, or men with adolescent sensibilities, there may also be a cash prize for the victor, from a collected "kitty."

An alternate form of this is called a line jerk, where two or more men are standing in a line masturbating each other, either facing one another or not facing one another.

An alternative to a line jerk is called a "reach round", where two men stand in line front to back and the man at the back reaches round to masturbate the other while "grinding" his own erection into the vertical crease of the others buttocks as a prelude or alternative to anal penetration.



Masturbation in history and society



Religion

In many religions, such as some forms of Conservative Protestantism, Catholicism, Mormonism, Judaism and Islam masturbation is regarded as an impure practice.

It has been reported by Rolling Stone [9] that a small Christian-right group in America is encouraging people to wear a masturband to indicate a commitment to abstinence from masturbation.


Buddhism

In the Buddhist tradition, under the Five Precepts and the Eightfold Path, one should neither be attached to nor crave sensual pleasure. For the lay person, masturbation is therefore neither forbidden nor encouraged[10]. Fully ordained Buddhist monks may, depending on the tradition, be bound by hundreds of detailed rules or vows that may include a ban on sexual relations and masturbation.


Judaism

In the Bible masturbation is not explicitly prohibited. The Talmud however forbids masturbation, as it leads to unnecessary spilling of semen, or the impure thoughts of another. This prohibition is derived from the Biblical narrative of Onan (Talmud Niddah 13a). The Talmud (ibid) likens the act to murder and idolatry. There are those that argue, however, that the wrath displayed by God toward Onan was invoked not through the act of spilling semen, but through disobedience to God's command for Onan to impregnate his wife. There is disagreement between the poskim (decisors of Jewish law) whether masturbation is an acceptable way of procuring semen for artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation.


Catholicism

The Catechism of the Catholic Church lists masturbation as one of the "Offenses Against Chastity" and calls it "an intrinsically and gravely disordered action" because "use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose, however when done with no marriage or confines involved, does not penalize those performing the act." Indulging in the act, in this case, is considered more immoral than the act itself.


Protestantism

Protestant theologians only began revising previous teachings toward the middle of the 20th century with some today even taking pro-masturbation viewpoints. Masturbation, however, is still viewed by some denominations as an act of self indulgence and a sin of the flesh, making it a contentious issue to this day.


Islam

Istimna (استمناء) is the Islamic term for masturbation. It is totally forbidden and not allowed under any circumstances in the Shi'ite sect. The four Sunni schools of jurisprudence (known as mazheb) have differing stances on the issue. Some consider it forbidden in all cases. Some see it forbidden in certain cases but obligatory in others. Another view is that it is Makruh but not expressly forbidden. Scholars of Islam consider masturbation to be forbidden (haraam), except in extenuating circumstances, although there is no explicit statement in the Quran that forbids one from masturbation.