Maddening

My Biology of Women textbook states, "Folklore has falsely mislabeled masturbation as sinful, evil and even physically or mentally harmful. Such ideas are entirely false, and many therapists and sex experts believe that masturbation can be helpful as a sexual outlet and as a means to become comfortable with one's own body." Apparently my religion is folklore? Why are we allowing our public colleges to teach this kind of thing to our 18-year-olds, just out of the protection of their homes and into the world for the first time? How extremely maddening! Couldn't they have worded this differently, such as, "Some religions categorize masturbation as sinful, evil and even physically or mentally harmful. However, many therapists and sex experts believe..." No, they won't even give religion the time of day. They just classify it as "folklore" and throw it out the window. Ugh!