
Eric Sprankle
Clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato, co-director of its sexuality studies program and author of "DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation" (2024).
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Sep 25, 2026
The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation: Interview with Dr. Eric Sprankle
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Eric SprankleGUEST
So what that is, and like the DSM, it's like the DSM is very American and Eurocentric in terms of how we conceptualize mental disorders.

Eric SprankleGUEST
We recognize that there are disorders that aren't in the DSM that show up in other parts of the world.

Eric SprankleGUEST
There are... cultural excuse me what i call just like cultural idioms of like just how we speak about mental disorder symptoms are different cross-culturally and so just being it's the dsm's attempt to recognize that we have an american and eurocentric lens with diagnosing mental illness and if we have somebody outside of america north america too and you're a that let's be a little hesitant before we start applying these diagnoses to cultures outside of that because there's maybe some other explanations.

Eric SprankleGUEST
So there are sections that I kind of have a little bit more research on that are more like uniquely cultural to certain parts of the world.
5 MINS LATER

Edie JayHOST
So what about for women? When was the dildo created or invented? And how does that maybe increase pleasure for women?