Republican and Tea Part favourite Christine O'Donnell has just taken part in a rather awkward and fiery interview with CCN's Piers Morgan. In her new book, Troublemaker: Let's do what it takes to make America great again, she gives her views, among other things, on just what constitutes sexual misconduct. Masturbation and fornication make the list.
O'Donnell, who chose to live a chaste life, views masturbation as committing adultery within one's heart and promotes sexual abstinence. She is now open to the idea of marriage and children, although Morgan could not get her to say whether or not she has given into lust whilst alone.
She is the perfect example of a person who will let religion completely cloud his or her reason. Despite what the science tells us, people of this religious stripe will cling onto their views on sexuality simply because they believe God might get angry with them, and will ignore all of the potential consequences here on Earth.
Teenagers who take the abstinence pledge in high school are less likely to engage in vaginal intercourse, but are more likely to engage in oral and anal sex. They are also less likely to use protection and are therefore at an increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Masturbation has been found to relieve sexual tension and aggression, relax muscles, assist sleeping patterns, enhance physical and mental well-being, reduce stress, enhance self-esteem and reduce the chance of prostate cancer in men.
Although she addresses sexuality in her book, O'Donnell ended up getting so frustrated with Morgan's questions that she prematurely ended the interview. She probably just needs a good shag, or at least some intimate alone-time.
