https://www.metro.co.uk/2020/05/04/h...down-12650422/ ...

Once a taboo subject - "a despicable habit" - resorted to for the release of sexual frustration, attitudes towards the *practice have since "turned full circle" ... to the extent of *its being recognised as theraputic in relieving stress and tension.

... NOT that I could "give a toss" at my age!