this is a contradictory statement but i feel like masturbating shouldnt necessarily be sexualized?? like a lot of kids start doing it by the time theyre like 11 or 12 and even younger and its natural for them to want to explore or w/e and its very different from actually having sex with other people and i feel like equating it to that puts pressure on kids to want to actually like Do It if that makes sense??? masturbating is safe and healthy as long as ur doing it right and we shouldnt put it on the same level as sex which can be damaging if you start getting into it too young??? idk