Masturbation Rots Your Brain

Today we talked about “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie in my lit. for young adults class.

Page 26

“Yep, that’s right, I admit that I masturbate”….”I’m going to talk about it because EVERYBODY does it. And EVERYBODY likes it.

And if God didn’t want us to masturbate, then God wouldn’t have given us thumbs.

So I thank God for my thumbs.”

Stated proudly by the main character in the story.

The question of whether or not a classroom of young adults could handle such frank words about such a “taboo” topic was brought-up

Some schools have removed the book from their library because too many parents have complained.

Are we still living in the 1950′s?? I thought this was America?!

“If God didn’t want us to masturbate, he would have made our arms shorter”