Sexual ethics : a study of borderland questions / by Robert Michels.

  • Michels, Robert, 1876-1936.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Sexual ethics : a study of borderland questions / by Robert Michels. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Preface to English Edition v Preface - - - vii Preliminary Observations ----- i Rights and Limits of Erotic Literature—Foreign Terminology and its Function in the Language of Eroticism—Frankness of Expression as a means towards the Moralisation of the Erotic Life. Sexual Education - - - - - - - 15 Dangers of Sexual Education—Need for Suitable Methods—The School or the Home?—Plain Answers to Plain Questions rather than Detailed Instruction—Campaign against Conven- tional Lies in Sexual Matters. PART I. GENERAL BORDERLAND PROBLEMS OF THE EROTIC LIFE. CHAPTER I. Hunger and Love 26 Necessity and Intensity of Sexual Love in a State of Nature— Urgency of Sexual Need as displayed in Popular Catchwords Ondiscriminating Character of the Sexual Impulse when Conventional Restraints are thrown aside—Ethical Limita- tions of the Right to Sexual Activity—The Primary Ethical Foundation of every Sexual Relationship must be the deliberate Consent of both Participants in the Love-Act.