The interesting, sometimes nutty history of human masturbation

By Anaïs DerSimonian 

An Ancient Egyptian myth would have it that the god Atum created the universe by masturbating – and every year, the pharaoh would ritually masturbate into the Nile to pay homage to the Creator.

In other cultures, such as the Sambia tribe in New Guinea, masturbation is viewed as a rite of passage to manhood. The Ancients Greeks upheld…