I have a question about a "taboo" topic - or thought it was

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   Shades-of-truthposted 9 years ago

   While browsing the forums, or reading a hub - I don't remember - I saw a title come up that surprised me quite a lot. I would like to know if it is supposed to be on HubPages, i.e. allowed, or not?
   
   I cannot say I was happy to see it - I wasn't. I do not intend to write about it, au contraire. I saw the word misspelled too, and thought it might be intentional.
   
   Are hubbers allowed to write about masturbation - also spelled in many places here, masterbation?
   
   It seems so out of place, and I truly would like to know.

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      Christy Kirwanposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Shades,
      
      Sexually explicit, graphic content is against the rules, so if you see that sort of thing it's always a good idea to flag it (as Linda kindly suggested) so that a moderator can take a look at it.

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         Shades-of-truthposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you, Christy. I will investigate, and report if needed.

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            kenneth averyposted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Hi, Shades-of-Truth,
            May I help a fine lady in distress, you?
            I know from experience that I wrote a fictional-hub during the last few months and although I did not use EXACT terms, but only used phrasings that would DESCRBE what was about to happen . . .I was flagged and short story was: HP said that AdSense had the filters and did not approve of my text and I had a choice or deleting or rewriting.
            I knew it was best to not argue.

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      Solarasposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I saw that too under related topics for one of my hubs - "How much is too much MasterXXXX" I thought yuck, but did not touch it.  I think it was related to my dog breeding hub.

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         Shades-of-truthposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, Solaras, that is one of them that I saw. I actually found several more, and was surprised to find those terms in the forums, too.

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   LindaSmith1posted 9 years ago

   No!  You should have reported it.  Then human eyes would look at it and decide what to do. Same goes for forums, questions and answers with taboo, with spam, etc.

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      Shades-of-truthposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Linda. There actually seems to be a lot of it here on HP.

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   firstdayposted 9 years ago

   LOL, I needed to laugh today.  Thanks  I am not going to ask  shades-of-truth what her answer meant.  You guys have a fun day.  You made mine.   Actually both answers are funny if you read them the right way.

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      Shades-of-truthposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Firstday, I meant that I found both terms (one is misspelled) cropping up in the forums and in the hubs and a few other places. For instance, I believe some of it was in the "Answers" section. It simply surprised me to see it, as I did not think we were to speak about things like that in our hubs or on the forums.
      
      Apologies for not posting that clearly - I was typing fast, as usual.

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         firstdayposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Shades of truth all is well.  I was having fun with you guys.  I am glad someone is cleaning up the hubs.  Wishing everyone the best…

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   BigBlue54posted 9 years ago

   Maybe it is not a misspelling and master means they are very good at it, lots of practise and all that.
   
   If you wanted an alternative onanism is normally acceptable..

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      Writer Foxposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      'Master Bates' was a character in 'Gulliver's Travels.'  Someone should write a Hub about that.

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         bethperryposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         Ah, Master Bates, recommended to be surgeon to the Swallow.
         I'd love to see someone write about that. Maybe it'd be enough to put out the all-seeing puritanical Eye of Sauron, er I mean Google, for good

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            BigBlue54posted 9 years agoin reply to this

            Using onanism to put out the Eye of Google. Need to be a good shot with a steady hand for that one.
            
            The word onanism comes, literally, from someone called Onan who appears in the bible. His brother Er had died and Onan was told to marry his late brothers wife and have a child with her. The problem for Onan was that this child stood to inherit two thirds of Er's legacy which should have gone to Onan. So just before the point of, shall we say, maximum happiness he withdrew and spilt his seed upon the ground. God, being most displeased at this, stuck Onan down. The thing is, isn't that the withdrawal method advocated by the Catholic church?
            
            Next time someone asks what you did during your day tell them you spent the day admiring the fornication at your local church. When they are surprised and shocked by this give them a puzzled look and explain that the word comes for the latin word fornix which means arch or vault.

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               bethperryposted 9 years agoin reply to this

               I always felt sorry for poor Onan. But to Er is human, and to foreplay, divine I suppose.
               

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                  BigBlue54posted 9 years agoin reply to this

                  Got me laughing here Bethperry.
                  
                  Do you think Er got his name because when he was baptised and the priest asked his father the boy's name he hesitated for a minute and said Er... This would explain his other brothers name Um.

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                     bethperryposted 9 years agoin reply to this

                     Makes sense to me! lol

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   calculus-geometryposted 9 years ago

   The misspelling is just an attempt to get around automatic content filters.  You'll find a lot more inappropriate and questionable content if you search for misspellings of other words, if you're bored and have some time to kill.  Some of them are quite creative.

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      DrMark1961posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I even did the same thing with a hub on dog health. I used the spelling ana| to get around the content filter against that dreaded dirty seks word. (I inserted a pipe in place of an "l". Let those pesky content filters figure that one out!)

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         calculus-geometryposted 9 years agoin reply to this

         That'll show those ana1 terds.

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      Writer Foxposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Misspellings are also used to match search queries.  In other words, a great number of people search on Google with the wrong spelling.  For this particular search word, think adolescents who are focused more on their hormones than English class.

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         BigBlue54posted 9 years agoin reply to this

         In later years they can claim they had a misspelt youth.

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   Valerie P Davisposted 9 years ago

   When I ran into a content filter, instead of trying to get around it, I contacted staff to ask for a review (as they want us to). The hub was approved quite quickly.

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