CHAPTER III 



DYSGENIC NATURE OF CERTAIN FACTORS OF 

 SEX PSYCHOLOGY AND NECESSITY FOR A 



SOCIAL THERAPY 



Mating determined by unconscious psychological motives 

 instead of eugenic considerations ; Some of the best 

 male and female stock refusing marriage and parent- 

 hood ; The race is reproduced largely by the inferior 

 and average stocks and very httle by the superior 

 stock ; As a therapeutic measure, society should utilize 

 psychological knowledge as a new method of control ; 

 Romantic love and conjugal love — a new ideal of love ; 

 The solution of the conflict between individual and 

 group interests. 



From the viewpoint of group welfare, the 

 present psychological situation of human re- 

 productive activities undoubtedly has its 

 detrimental aspects. As we liave seen, the 

 choice of a mate is determined by irrational 

 motives which lie far below the levels of con- 

 sciousness. These unconscious factors which 

 govern sexual selection far outweigh the more 

 rational considerations of modern eugenic 

 thought. The marks of personal beauty around 



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