#Repost hope_with_holly ... The Bible never directly forbids masturbation. Follow hope_with_holly for more. It also never commands men to remain virgins until marriage. But women? Their virginity was closely monitored, tied to bride-price, family honor, male lineage, and their value as wives. That is because biblical sexual ethics were built inside a patriarchal system where women could be sold, exchanged, captured, inherited, awarded, or transferred between men. So when Christians use the Bible to shame women for masturbation, premarital sex, desire, divorce, or sexual autonomy, we need to ask a much bigger question: Why are we treating an ancient patriarchal collection as the final authority on healthy sexuality? This is the same Bible that: • allows fathers to sell daughters • permits men to take female war captives as wives • allows polygamy and concubinage • makes men pay fathers after taking a virgin’s sexuality • gives women to military victors • allows husbands and fath...