REPRODUCTION IN MAN 97 



natural manner. Through ignorance and a false 

 conception of manhood, many boys are led into 

 immorality in an attempt to prevent "wet dreams," 

 an impossible task unless they carry self-indulgence 

 to the limit. 



When puberty begins in a girl, the ovaries dis- 

 charge eggs usually thirteen times each year. As- 

 sociated with this process are several other physi- 

 cal conditions, all of which are included under the 

 term menstruation. This is a natural process 

 which continues for about thirty years, there being 

 no given age at which it ceases. Each period of 

 menstruation lasts from four to seven days, during 

 which time it is desirable to avoid becoming over- 

 fatigued. Lack of proper hygienic precautions 

 is frequently the source of much suffering after- 

 ward. It is just as important that a girl should 

 keep herself well and strong as it is for a boy; the 

 greater responsibility in producing children must 

 forever be hers. 



For many years it has been customary to ex- 

 plain to children the necessity of cleanliness, care 

 in eating and good manners; but to keep utterly 

 silent on this vital and important part of their 

 bodily activity. One of the reasons for this silence 

 has been a lack of information in regard to the 

 fundamental facts and inability to present the 

 problem in an accurate and simple fashion. But 



