Masturbation is still forbidden today in certain religions and cultures, and even punished or prevented through castration and female circumcision in some areas of the world.

• 在某些宗教和文化中，手淫仍然被禁止。在世界的某些地区，甚至用阉割和割阴蒂的办法来惩罚或阻止手淫。