I'm trying to imagine how much masturbation it would take to make me feel that I was left wounded in a battlefield, but I can't quite do it. I mean I've had a little chafing, but nothing that required a stretcher or triage.
The fact that the Mormon church views a perfectly natural thing, that is done by a wide assortment of other animals by the way, as dangerous, tells me quite a lot about their mindset.
By the way, speaking of mindsets, that knowing look the two main characters share across a crowded room makes me think that insisting that boys not touch their naughty bits, and avoid doing the deed with girls until their married, might create an entirely different battlefield where having a friend "lend a hand" might be the whole problem.