NP: Rousseau & Self Abuse

[Eulenspiegel7646 at aol.com]

davidmmonroe at yahoo.com  wrote:

"...Derrida's deconstruction of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's dubious construction 
of masturbation as a supplement to sex...." 

Considering that Rousseau was arrested as a teenager exposing himself to 
women in the public square (vide Confessions), perhaps he associated the 
punishment with masturbation.  Should have kept his fly buttoned?  One should 
be discrete.

eulenspiegel
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