REPRODUCTION IN MAN Id 



In a similar manner, the problems arising out of 

 the marriage state, belong to a later period of 

 instruction. We have been too willing to believe 

 that a general lecture on sex hygiene and a per- 

 sonal talk was all that was necessary. The prob- 

 lem is much more serious and its correct solution 

 requires several years of instruction. 



In any discussion of what not to do mention 

 must be made of the diseases that arise from 

 improper sex relations. The report comes from 

 the Surgeon-General's office that of 200,000 cases 

 of venereal disease in the Army during the Euro- 

 pean war, over 160,000 were brought in from 

 civilian life. This indicates that there is a wide- 

 spread laxity on the part of law-enforcing officials 

 whose business it is to suppress the disease-spread- 

 ing prostitute. It has been found as a result of 

 many studies that prostitution flourishes only when 

 city officials tolerate it and are complacent in their 

 efforts to destroy it. 



The problem of prostitution is becoming well 

 understood and is best treated in an unbiased, 

 scientific way. It has been shown through inde- 

 pendent studies that the prostitutes of our country 

 are largely young women who belong to the class 

 of the feeble-minded. Some investigators place 

 their estimate of the percentage of this class as 

 high as 90 per cent. If the supply of available 

 men is kept up, there must be a large number an- 



