Sometimes I wonder, whether people really masturbate to the exact image that has been drawn or photographed or whether they abstract the image to the idea behind it, where the "appearing beings" are exchangeable/replaceable with one's own preference; thus making the context around the appearing beings or the situation itself the actual source of arousal.

For artists who draw their creations of self-identification in adult situations,
the abstraction-thesis would take away some of the feelings, varying from uneasy to deeply disgusted, but doesn't change the fact that there are still people who don't abstract. It just makes their number smaller by distinction.