Woman, her sex and love life.

  • William J. Robinson
Date:
1927
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Credit: Woman, her sex and love life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    edge for the girl. Many still are the men and women —and not among the conservatives only—who are strongly opposed to girls receiving any instruction in sex matters. Some say that such instruction— except a few hygienic rules about menstruation—is unnecessary, because the sex instinct awakens in girls comparatively late, and it is time enough for them to learn about such matters after they are married. Others fear that sex knowledge would destroy the mystery and romance of sex, and would rob our maidens of their greatest charms—modesty and innocence. Still others fear that sex instruc¬ tion would tend to awaken the sex instinct in our girls prematurely; would direct their thoughts to matters about which they would not think other¬ wise; and they argue that the warnings about ve¬ nereal disease, prostitution, etc., which are an inte¬ gral part of sex instruction, tend to create a cynical, inimical attitude towards the male sex, which may even result in hypochondriac ideas and antagonism to marriage. I do not deny that there is a grain of truth in all the above objections. Sex instruction does cause some girls to think of sex matters earlier than they otherwise would, and some girls have been made bit¬ ter and hypochondriac, and disgusted with the male sex. But it would not be difficult to demonstrate
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