Why is this wrong for women?

I understand that masturbating for men is wrong because it spills the seed. Since women don’t have see why is wrong for them.


Masturbation is not primarily wrong because sperm is wasted. It is wrong because it removes genital pleasure from its proper context–which is the physical expression of vows made at the altar. This is just as true for women as it is for men.

This is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say on the subject:



Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
