That book needs to be read. Thanks for that, I only glanced at the 'Victorian' bit. The bourgeoisie certainly were prim and proper, but meantime in the workers houses, two bedrooms, ten kids and a granny there was no prudery. People would fill up the tin bath and bathe in the kitchen regardless of who came in to borrow some sugar. Working class morality was different and so was that of the nobilitiy.
Dave's regime is certainly prudish, but not really, to shame people by reading out confessions at a muster about masturbation would not have been the Victorian way. The bourgeoisie don't talk about it, they would have to misspronounce it to show how little they knew on the subject, Years ago there was no prudery in the SO, much bed hopping was done, and quite openly, especially in crowded sea vessels where couples slept in bunks. This current obsession with hand jobs is from the top.
DAVID MISCAVIGE has a problem with 'self abuse', it's not scn it's not policy or books it's that little shrimp, either he himself is beating off five times a day, or he is unable to.
The other thing is that sex and masturbation are pleasurable, it's about the only pleasure a sea org member can have upstat or down stat he or she can always make life bearable with a few minutes work. Dave doesn't like that, he tells someone when they can feel pleasure, he's in control and actually I think it's just that. Control is a big factor with him on the second dynamic, which he personally redefined. He simply doesn't like happy love making couples, like to send one to a different continent and then makes a big deal when the guy rubs himself off. CONTROL FREAK! And then wops them into ethics because their dynamics are out of alignment!!!!!