8 MYTHS ABOUT MASTURBATION, ANSWERED MYTH #1: It's natural, everybody does it. Response: The word “natural” has several definitions. One definition of “natural” is “arising easily or spontaneously,” and an inclination toward this behavior does arise easily and spontaneously within many people. However, masturbation is not natural in the sense of the natural law—that is, of conforming to the nature of what sex is for. Therefore, masturbation is not natural because it violates the nature of sex as unitive and procreative, and in violating the nature of sex, it violates the natural law.