CONTENTS

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Foreword[11]
Section I.—WOMEN[13]
1.Women and Cats[15]
2.The Women of Spain[19]
3.The Dangerous Age[29]
4.The Legal Position of the Mother[35]
5.Problems of Birth Control[37]
Section II.—CHILDREN[41]
1.A Boy’s Misery[43]
2.Criminals Made in Our Nurseries[49]
3.The Tyranny of Parents[51]
4.The Superfluous Father[55]
5.The Perfect Mother[59]
6.Nobody’s Children[61]
7.Let Us Pension the Mothers[71]
8.Boy and Girl Offenders and Adult Misunderstanding[73]
9.New Ways of Teaching Children[79]
10.Difficulties and Mistakes in Sex Education[87]
11.Sex Instruction. The Age at which Knowledge Shouldbe given[107]
12.The Myth of the Virtuous Sex[113]
13.Sentimental Tampering with Difficult Problemswith some Remarks on Sex Favouritism[117]
14.The Seduction of Men[123]
15.Playing with Love[127]
Section III.—MARRIAGE AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS[131]
1.Is Passionate Love the Surest Foundation forMarriage?[133]
2.Marriage Reform[139]
3.To-day’s Ideas on Marriage. Are we seekingvainly after happiness?[141]
4.Why Men are Unfaithful[145]
5.Why Wives are Unfaithful[149]
6.Should Doctors Tell?[157]
7.The Modern Wife and the Old-fashioned Husband[161]
8.The Temporary Gentleman and his Young Wife[165]
9.Is Marriage Too Easy?[169]
10.Passionate Friendships[173]
11.Conclusion—Regeneration[187]
INDEX[189]