I'd rather jerk myself off than get a handjob. Blowjobs are usually better than jerking off, though(I've had some really terrible ones that force this to be a "usually" situation).
Is it faithful to the book? If so, I'm cool with it. It's when it's injected for the sole purpose of virtue signalling that it would annoy me. That being said, I'm a pretty vocal anti-SJW poster and this show has not triggered me in the least.