![]() Tana was in touch with the San Diego news team that initially broke the Burdette story, but they were ultimately unable to collaborate on Sticky. He was bullied mercilessly at school and online as a result of the video, and two weeks later, he committed suicide. Burdette was only 14 when a video of him allegedly masturbating in a school bathroom surfaced on Vine and Snapchat. Tana s exploration of shame in Sticky culminates toward the end of the film, when he explores the story of Matthew Burdette. Yet there are plenty of other ways in which the social media in particular has only added to the discomfort that many feel about masturbation. Resources like OMGYes, an online educational resource about female sexual pleasure, do exist to provide accurate data and decrease shame-like, say, religious judgment. Misinformation is only part of the trouble. “But if you can’t, and you wind up being confused, then I think you’re in trouble.” “If you have the ability to discern what is true from what is not true, and you do the work, then I think, awesome, you’ve got a lot of information out there,” he explained. Rampant misinformation is one reason why Tana is skeptical that the Internet bettering our understanding and acceptance of masturbation. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with pornography if there’s discussion and a realistic expectation around it, but at the same time, I do believe, like anything else, there’s a lot off misinformation.” (Take, for instance, this blog post which suggests masturbation causes weight gain around the hips in women, promotes laziness, and leads to an early death.) “There’s a big question as to whether pornography leads to addictive behaviors, or whether it leads to relationship problems, and whether masturbation plays into all of that,” he told the Daily Dot. He fears that when fantasy becomes tangible, via porn or VR, the line between healthy masturbation and unhealthy addictions or sexual dysfunctions can become incredibly blurred. ![]() “How many guys are jerking off in front of their computers right now as we speak?” Matt knows what he’s talking about, and he doesn’t necessarily see the increased accessibility of porn in a positive light: he’s the author of Peepshow, a graphic novel that addresses his own history with porn addiction in great depth.Īddiction as a real concern for when pornography replaces imagination, Tana agrees. “Probably today more than ever, masturbation’s rampant in terms of the Internet and technology,” graphic novelist Joe Matt states in the film. Of course, Sticky also addresses pornography and virtual reality (VR) simulations. Such fantasies can be liberating, and they are also safe just because you think about your friend’s girlfriend, Jason from accounts payable, or Ruby Rose when you touch yourself doesn’t mean you’ll ever act on those thoughts. Indeed, fantasies are extremely common-in 2001, the Journal of Sex Research found that 98 percent of men and 80 percent of women have sexually fantasied about a person other than their partner at some point in their lives. And I think through discussion and dialogue and asking questions and not feeling ashamed, we’re going to all come to our own personal truth.”įor Tana, masturbation is particularly healthy when it is rooted in personal fantasy. “I don’t think is all healthy or all unhealthy,” said Tana. The filmmaker believes that sticky subject needs to be destigmatized more-both as a culture and for each of us personally. This discomfort is at the heart of Sticky, and it is even conveyed in the title-meaning, it’s a sticky subject. “The person from CNN said to our distributor that if they were to put this out there, they would have to resign,” Tana explained. The film is available for rental and purchase on Vimeo, and in a phone interview, Tana told the Daily Dot that he has struggled to find a home for the controversial documentary via traditional distribution outlets. ![]() Unsurprisingly, the best place to watch Sticky right now is on the Internet. ![]()
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