I have to believe that perhaps Ms O’Donnell really didn’t (or doesn’t) know what masturbation means. For I often wonder just many rapes, unwanted children, and unwanted "headache sex" it has deterred since Onan discovered the process 4000 years ago. Especially in this new millennium of online prom. Oops! Looks like we all may be mistaken as to what exactly it was Onan was doing! Which God killed him for, after he killed his bro.
According to the text, after God had killed Onan’s older brother Er, Judah told Onan to have sexual intercourse with and impregnate Tamar, the widow of Er, so that the child or children could be declared to be Er’s heir(s).[1] Onan had sex with Tamar, but performed coitus interruptus each time, spilling his "seed" (semen) on the ground, so that there would not be any offspring which he could not claim as his own.[2] The passage states that this displeased God, who killed Onan as punishment for disobedience. Wiki Onan
I love these little snippets that remind us of what a sociopath God is. Makes ya wanna get on yer knees and pray he doesn’t shoot your children before church t his morning.