Maybe you guys are right, its just if they do start masturbating ten, it seems like they wouldn't be able to control themselves at that age. Like when a toddler learns a curse word, they usually repeat it over and over at inappropriate times. The idea of some five year old whipping it out and start chuggin away just doesn't please me. They probably wont though.
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This is exactly what I'm talking about. Thinking of sex as something wicked and corrupted, its fucking not.
I don't know the statistic as to by what age kids get in the know, but I personally (as well as all my friends) knew about sex long before our parents even entertained the thought of giving us "the talk". And I remember very clearly thinking of sex as something dirty in those days. I could never openly admit to my parents that I wanked off before I even turned thirteen, because it was such a touchy fucking issue. The reason? People who give sex a bad name.
Sex is solicited more than ever these days, and kids under ten years of age already know who Jenna Jameson is. I'm not going to place all the blame on overprotective parents though... the adult entertainment industry intentionally markets itself as a sleazy taboo because it makes it more "exciting". When kids log on and happen upon their first porn site, the first thing they see is women in a position of degradation and loving it. Words like "dirty sluts" and "barely legal whores", though wonderfully expressive, give a completely incorrect connotation to sex in general. As adults, we understand this is all just smoke and mirrors and marketing ploys. Kids don't know any better, and they need to be set straight before they see sex for themselves. The first impression is what impacts you most, and if a child finds him/herself believing in an illusion of sex provided by Hollywood smut-peddlers, they'll be incapable of enjoying anything less. That does lead to a poor sex life, or unhealthy sexual habits. It can open the doors to extreme, bizarre, and often dangerous fetishes to compensate for what real-life vanilla sex doesn't deliver.
As for whether or not five year old's should wank, I'm not sure. They do anyway, and I don't see how telling them what it means will make much difference. But I do think, at the very least, parents should have "the talk" with kids when they're still young and curious - before they turn into rebellious, thankless little shitheads.
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Hmm, only reason I don't talk to my parents about masturbation is because its awkward as fuck. I agree that sex is portrayed as something evil, when its not. Though, I still don't think they have any need at five to bother with this stuff. Before they get out of Elementary? Yeah they should know by then, but five is too early IMO.