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National Masturbation Day, also known as International Masturbation Day, is an annual event held to protect and celebrate the "
right Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical ...
to
masturbate Masturbation is the sexual stimulation of one's own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation may involve hands, fingers, everyday objects, sex toys such as vibrators, or combination ...
". The first National Masturbation Day was May 7, 1995, after sex-positive retailer
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declared the day in honor of Surgeon General
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, who was fired by
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in 1994 for suggesting masturbation be part of the
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curriculum for students.Clinton Fires Surgeon General Over New Flap
/ref> International Masturbation Day has since been expanded to include the entire month of May as International Masturbation Month.


See also

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Bodily integrity Bodily integrity is the inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination of human beings over their own bodies. In the field of human rights, violation of the bodily int ...
* Masturbate-a-thon *
No Nut November No Nut November is an internet challenge revolving around male abstinence from masturbation, sex and ejaculation (or colloquially "to nut") during the month of November. It originated in late 2010 and grew in popularity on social media during an ...
* Right to sexuality * Self-love *
Sex-positive movement The sex-positive movement is a social movement, social and philosophical movement that seeks to change cultural attitudes and norms around sexuality, promoting the recognition of sexuality (in the countless forms of expression) as a natural and he ...
* Wank Week


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