SEX 



CHAPTER I 



THE STUDY OF SEX 



Objections to the study of sex What sex has meant in the 

 past What sex means to-day What sex may come to 

 mean Various ways of studying sex. 



OBJECTIONS TO THE STUDY OF SEX. To 

 many otherwise sensible people, even the 

 word " sex " is abhorrent, still more a book 

 about sex. They will not, therefore, be 

 reading this volume, but their objections 

 may be considered, (a) In some cases the 

 repugnance expresses an organic lack of 

 sympathy with the aim of science, for many 

 estimable people have no use for scientific 

 analysis. They are lacking in the curious 

 spirit, and are not worried by obscurities. 

 They are not interested in any theory of the 

 internal tides that sway them. To those 

 who are built on those lines, there is no more 

 to be said. One feels, however, that while 

 ignorance may be bliss when everything is 

 plain sailing, some accurate knowledge is 

 likely to be useful when the bark of life gets 

 near the rocks in stormy weather. Science 

 is for the control of life, as well as for its 

 enlightenment. 



