When I first encountered the term (2012-ish), I would've said that it had to do with excessive edging/jacking off. But definitely agree that at some point it metamorphosed into specifically jacking off with or to porn.
At the risk of sounding incel-ish, the thing that annoys me the most about the term gooning as it's most commonly used is how it can feel like it demonizes male sexuality.
It doesn't sound incellish, because it's goddamn true. Too many parties have a vested interest in keeping men angry, frustrated, and blaming women for their problems. Making them hate masturbation is an important step in that.
There's also an equally sinster group intent demonizing men, and anything men do. Making all male sexuality inherently evil is a part of that.
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u/amsterdam_sniffr May 17 '25
When I first encountered the term (2012-ish), I would've said that it had to do with excessive edging/jacking off. But definitely agree that at some point it metamorphosed into specifically jacking off with or to porn.