Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Used To Stop Self-Pleasure
- Time Period: 1894 to Early 1900s
While pleasuring one’s self is perfectly healthy and even advised for people to do over randomly hooking up with strangers, some people were not a fan. Enter J.H. Kellogg, who was the inventor of the notable Kellogg’s Corn Flakes cereal and also happened to be a real doctor. While he was a health activist like many doctors, he did not target obesity or drug abuse. Rather, he wanted to stop sexual urges among men and women. Only heathens touched themselves, Kellogg thought.
Keep in mind, in the 19th Century, this personal act was thought to be a bad thing. It comes from biblical connections to “spilling seed” and other obviously incorrect assumptions. Kellogg felt that the real problem was that these “deviants” were just sick, and needed to be healthier. Thus, a healthy diet could prevent them from wanting to play nighttime pattycake with themselves. In the most shocking result that you’ll ever read, his concept did not have great results. Yet the cereal became quite popular anyway.