NGO offers handicap masturbation in Japan

The Japanese NGO White Hands has formed to offer a somewhat unusual charitable service. Basically, the organization selects people with severe physical limitations in order to offer them masturbation sessions - since the beneficiaries would be unable to perform the act on their own.

In total, ten volunteers offer service to clients who are taken to motels where the practice is conducted using latex gloves. The initiative was founded by Vincent, 50, whose legs were atrophied due to polio. He states that sex is impossible for people with certain disabilities. “However, we share the same physical and emotional needs of anyone else and we have the right to pursue them.”

One of the beneficiaries of the service, a man with muscular dystrophy, said the service changed his life. "I could not tell my parents that I also have sexual desires, " said the man. “Caring for my family puts a lot of pressure on me and compromises normal romantic relationships.” In White Hands, however, the man calls himself a target of pity, emphasizing the respect and equality that underlie the NGO initiative.