University Daily Kansan, November 6, 1980
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By KATHY BRUSSELL Staff Reporter
The speaker, as he would admit later, was out to kick some sacred cows last night.
Among the traditional misconceptions he attacked were the notions that masturbation is evil, that sex is only for procreation and that sexuality involves only physical performance.
Leland Miller, KU professor of occupational therapy and a certified sex educator and counselor, was the first woman to commence last night in the Kansas Union.
Sponsored by Men's Coalition, the meeting addressed the topic "Male Sexuality: New Looks at Basic Concepts."
One concept Miller stressed was what he called the "male biological sexual imperative," or the physical and psychological need for males to experience a release through ejaculation.
Nature works on a system of "use it or lose it," Miller said, and masturbation is a perfectly natural way to "use it," or ejaculate, before one is physically or emotionally mature enough to handle a full sexual relationship with another person.
However, children, especially males, are taught from an early age to feel guilt, fear and shame about masturbation he said.
"As late as 1940, the handbook for the Naval Academy at Annapolis stated that any evidence of masturbation was enough to keep me out of naval academy." Miller said. "No wonder we don't have anyone in the Navy."
Young people often are pushed into illegal heterosexual activities to offset their guilt about masturbation, Miller said.
"Young men should be taught to masturbate and to use it as a safety valve, the way the Greeks did, he said. The Greeks have sex for a more responsible age."
Most people also suffer from the misconception that sex is for procreation, which is "the biggest lie ever taught," Miller said.
Because intercourse does not always result in pregnancy, it must have other values besides procreation, he said.
Sex, therefore, must be valuable in achieving pleasure and establishing a close relationship with another person, in addition to its value in propagating the race, he said.
Democrats
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"Apparently, many frustrated people have been attracted by Reagan's and the Republican party's positions," he said. "The country is moving away from the liberalism that has been prevalent recently."
Hoch said that" although he was optimistic about his party's future, he still had to be realistic about the party's voice in theounce back from its crushing defeat.
He said that even though the Democrats had good candidates for the 1982 elections, incumbents such as Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum would be difficult to beat when they came up for re-election.
Hoch declined to speculate on any particular prospecties, saying it was too small. "I don't know."
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