Click on the Play button to hear the song. This is the masturbation song, Feeling Good!. The words are shown below. We are in the process of making a CD of Edwin’s songs to aid teaching. To be kept informed as soon as further material becomes available, please fill in the form at the foot of this page.

To many, maybe most, people, masturbation is a natural thing to do. We understand the physical need to be stimulated sexually from time to time but are also aware of the need to do this privately because of our social culture and what behaviour is acceptable in society. There are other people who do not have the same insight but still have the same natural physical urge to want to masturbate. Many people with learning disabilities do not masturbate privately as a result of not understanding fully the need to be private.

This can lead to someone gaining a label they do not deserve and being told that it is ‘wrong’ to do such a thing. A person therefore can easily get confused and might think that masturbation is wrong rather than that masturbating in public is what is unacceptable. This song is aimed at two kinds of listener: the person who masturbates and has little insight into the need to do it privately, and the person who possibly does not masturbate as a result of misunderstanding the social culture and attitude towards masturbation, thinking it is ‘wrong’, ‘dirty’ or ‘bad’ to do it at all. The intention of the song is to give an accurate message without being ‘blunt’ or ‘smutty’ about masturbating. It includes how someone might feel about masturbating, that it is not bad or dirty (these are words that I have heard used when discussing masturbation with the Learning Disability Service users) rather it is about feeling good about yourself and having freedom of choice – provided you do it privately.

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