xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



education of girls a dysgenic influence. Prosti- 

 tution and the family. Influence of ancient 

 standards of " good " and " bad." The illegiti- 

 mate child. Effect of fear, anger, etc., on pos- 

 terity. The attitude of economically independ- 

 ent women toward marriage. 



PART III 

 By Phyllis Blanchard, Ph.D. 



The Sex Problem in the Light of Modern 



Psychology 



I. Sex in Terms of Modern Psychology 209 



Bearing of modern psychology on the sex prob- 

 lem. Conditioning of the sexual impulse. 

 Vicarious expression of the sexual impulse. Un- 

 conscious factors of the sex life. Taboo control 

 has conditioned the natural biological tendencies 

 of individuals to conform to arbitrary standards 

 of masculinity and femininity. Conflict between 

 individual desires and social standards. 



II. How Our Institutions Fit Individual 



Sex Psychology .... 220 



Social institutions controlling sex activities based 

 on the assumption that all women are adapted to 

 as well as specialized for reproduction. Neurotic 

 tendencies which unfit women for marriage — the 

 desire for domination. Sexual anaesthesia 

 another neurotic trait which interferes with 

 marital harmony. The conditioning of the sexual 

 impulse to the parent ideal and the erotic fetish 

 as factors which determine mating. Homo- 

 sexual tendencies and their part in the sex pro- 

 blem. The conflict between the desire for 

 marriage and egoistic ambitions. The social 

 regulations from the viewpoint of individual 

 psychology. 



