Bishop and church GA’s shaming over masturbation caused me such self loathing over my inability to remain “pure” that I suffered from deep depression and frequent contemplation of suicide for most of my teen years. I blamed my depression on my wickedness (as the church taught), but could not stop the vicious cycle. It was not until after my mission that I realized it wasn’t me that was disgusting and despicable, it was the church’s uninformed policy of sexual shaming that is disgusting and despicable. Stop the masturbation probing in private interviews!
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