• Emerald@lemmy.worldOP
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    Criticizing scientism, he targeted psychiatry in particular, underscoring its campaigns against masturbation at the end of the 19th century

    He is criticizing anti-masturbation campaigns, not supporting them

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      Yeah, I misinterpreted that as being pro religion, anti pseudoscientific antimasturbation campaigns, but it’s against both of those. My brain read this:

      which he considered to be the secularization of religion’s hold on humankind

      As this:

      which he considered to be the source of the secularization of religion’s hold on humankind

      Which paints the whole thing in a different light. This whole section is actually green and yellow flags, the red ones are elsewhere.

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        it’s against both of those

        Lol this article is weirdly written. I didn’t notice that either before you mentioned it.