Index of Subjects

Abortion,
arguments against, 611 et seq.
modern advocates of, 606 et seq.
the practice of, 601.
Abstinence,
alleged evil results of, 182 et seq.
alleged good results of, 191 et seq.
as a preparation for marriage, 524.
criticism of conception of, 196 et seq.
intermediate views of, 194 et seq.
moral results of, 212.
sexual, in relation to chastity, 169, 177.
the problems of, 178 et seq.
Abyssinia,
prostitution in, 233.
sexual initiation in, 516.
Achilleus and Nereus,
legend of, 158.
Adultery, 450 et seq.
Africa,
chastity on West Coast of, 147.
Alcohol,
as a sexual stimulant, 207.
in pregnancy, 14.
in relation to the orgy, 220.
Alexander VI and courtesans, 243.
Ambil anak Marriage, 301.
America,
divorce in, 458 et seq., 624.
marriage in, 446, 478, 485.
prostitution in, 251, 257, 266.
American Indians,
appreciate asceticism, 145.
sexual initiation among, 88.
their Sabbath orgies, 221.
words for love among, 134.
Aphrodite Pandemos, 230.
Art in relation to sexual impulse, 90, 223.
Asceticism,
among early Christians, 151 et seq.
appreciated by savages, 145.
definition of, 175.
in religion, 146.
later degeneracy of, 102.
value of, 143 et seq.
Ascetics,
attitude towards sex of mediæval, 119.
Aspasia, 308.
Athletics for women, 75.
Aucassin et Nicolette, 161.
Australia,
marriage system in, 424.
saturnalian festivals in, 221.
sexual initiation in, 87.
Auvergne,
story of the Two Lovers of, 159.
Azimba Land,
sexual initiation in, 88, 515.

Babies,
children's theories on the origin of, 40 et seq.
Babylonia,
high status of women in, 393.
religious prostitution in, 229.
Bawenda,
sexual initiation among, 88.
Beena marriage, 391.
Beethoven, 184.
Behn, Aphra, 308.
Belgium,
prostitution in, 257.
Bestial,
human sexual impulse not, 130.
Bible in relation to sexual education, 90.
Biometrics, 583, 630.
Birth,
civilized tendency to premature, 9.
Birthrate,
decline of, 589 et seq.
Blindness in relation to gonorrhœa, 329.
Botany in sexual education, 58.
Bredalbane case, 477.
Breed versus nurture, 34.
Bride-price, 432.
Brothel,
decay of, 302, 332.
in ancient Rome, 239.
in the East, 236.
mediæval, 242.
modern defence of, 287.
modern regulation of, 249.
origin of, 234.
Bundling, 380.
Burmah,
prostitution in, 235.

Canon law,
defects of, 438.
its importance, 433.
origin of, 436.
persistence of its traditions, 449 et seq.
sound kernel of, 479.
Carlyle, 174.
Carnival,
origin of, 218.
Castration,
modern developments of, 614.
the practice of, 612.
Chastity,
among early Christians, 151 et seq.
definition of, 175.
girdle of, 163.
in modern Fiji, 406.
in what sense a virtue, 169.
modern attitude towards, 167.
Protestant attitude towards, 164.
romantic literature of, 158.
the function of, 143 et seq.
Child,
as foundation of marriage, 488, 505.
characteristics of eldest born, 591.
its need of two parents, 487.
Childhood,
sexual activity in, 35 et seq., 209.
sexual teaching in, 48.
China,
divorce in, 461.
prostitution in, 236.
Chivalry on position of women,
influence of, 401.
Christianity,
attitude towards chastity, 151 et seq.
attitude towards lust, 179.
attitude towards nakedness, 96.
failed to recognize importance of art of love, 517.
its influence on position of women, 398 et seq.
on marriage, 429 et seq.
mixed attitude towards sexual impulse, 124 et seq., 513.
towards prostitution, 282 et seq.
towards seduction, 180.
Civilization and prostitution, 187 et seq.
and the sexual impulse, 199.
Coitus,
a posteriori, 556.
best time for, 558.
during pregnancy, 16 et seq.
ethnic variations in, 557.
excess in, 535.
injuries due to unskilful, 525.
interruptus, 551.
morbid horror of, 81.
needs to be taught, 510.
prayer before, 559.
proper frequency of, 533.
religious significance of, 230, 559.
reservatus, 552.
Collusion,
doctrine of, 451.
Conception,
conditions of, 577.
prevention of, 588 et seq.
Concubine, 498.
Condom, 599.
Conjugal rights or rites, 538.
Consent,
age of, 528.
Consultation de Nourrisson, 29.
Contract,
marriage as a, 470 et seq.
Corinth,
prostitution at, 229, 232.
Country life and sexuality, 38.
Courtesan,
origin of term, 243.
Courtship,
the art of, 538, et seq.
Criminality in relation to prostitution, 267.
Cyprus,
prostitution at, 233.

Dancing,
hygienic value of, 74.
as an orgy, 222.
D'Aragona, Tullia, 244.
Divorce,
by mutual consent, 463 et seq.
causes for, 448.
in ancient Rome, 429.
in ancient Wales, 461.
in China, 461.
in England, 447.
in France, 455, 465.
in Germany, 455.
in Japan, 460.
in Russia, 457.
in Switzerland, 457.
in United States, 458 et seq., 624.
Milton's views on, 444.
modern tendency of, 462 et seq.
Protestant attitude towards, 441.
question of damages for, 450.
reform of, 454.
tendency of legislation regarding, 624.
transmission of venereal disease as a cause for, 349.
Drama,
modern function of the, 222.
Dysmenorrhœa, 187.

Economic factor,
of marriage, 375.
of prostitution, 259 et seq.
Education in matters of sex, 33 et seq.
for women, 75.
Egypt,
high status of women in, 393, 408.
Eldest born child,
characteristics of, 591.
England,
marriage in, 431, 444.
prostitution in, 252, 257, 265, 307.
Erotic element in marriage, 508.
Eskimo,
divorce among, 461.
sexual initiation among, 89.
Eugenics, 7.
false ideas of, 583.
foundation by Galton, 582.
importance of environment in relation to, 623.
in relation to castration, 614.
Noyes a pioneer in, 618.
positive, 621.
wide acceptance of principle of, 584.
Excretory centers as affecting estimate of sexual impulse, 120 et seq.
Exogamy,
origin of, 423.

Families and degeneracy,
large, 591.
Father in relation to family, 2.
Fecundation,
artificial, 632.
Festivals,
seasonal, 219, 230.
Fidus, 115.
Fiji,
chastity in, 406.
Flirtation, 518.
Fools, Feast of, 219.
Fornication,
theological doctrine of, 283, 375.
France,
divorce in, 455, 465.
prostitution in, 240, 250, 253, 256, 265, 306.
Franco, Veronica, 245.

Gallantry,
the ancient conception of, 412.
Geisha, the, 307.
General paralysis and syphilis, 325.
Genius,
in relation to chastity, 173, 184.
in relation to love, 574.
Germany,
divorce in, 455.
marriage in, 431.
prostitution in, 251, 253, 333.
Gestation,
length of, 9.
Girdle of chastity, 163.
Girls,
interest in sex matters, 62.
masculine ideals of, 77.
Girls,
sex education of, 83.
their need of sexual knowledge, 46.
Gnostic elements in early Christian literature, 156.
Goddesses in forefront of primitive pantheons, 392.
Gonorrhœa,
nature and results of, 328 et seq.
And see Venereal Diseases.
Goutte de Lait, 29.
Greeks,
origin of their drama, 222.
prudery among, 101.
rarity of ideal sexual love among, 134.
their attitude towards nakedness, 95.
their conception of the orgy, 220.
their erotic writings, 557.
Group-marriage, 423.
Gynæcocracy,
alleged primitive, 390.

Hetairæ, 234, 308.
Hindu attitude towards sex, 129, 544.
Holland,
prostitution in, 250.
Homosexuality among prostitutes, 272.
Huddersfield scheme, 28.
Hysteria, 183.

Ideals, of girls,
masculine, 77.
Illegitimacy, 292.
in Germany, 382, 489.
Imperia, 244.
Impotency in popular estimation, 174.
Impurity,
disastrous results of teaching feminine, 78.
early Christian views of, 128.
India,
story of The Betrothed of, 156.
sacred prostitution in, 235.
Individualism and Socialism, 24.
Infantile mortality, 5.
in relation to suckling by mother, 26.
in relation to syphilis, 537.
Infantile sexuality, 36.
Insanity and prostitution, 275.
Intellectual work in relation to sexual activity in men, 185.
in women, 190.
Ireland,
divorce in, 461.
high status of women in ancient, 392.
Italy,
prostitution in, 241, 251, 258, 266.

Jamaica,
results of free sexual unions in, 388.
Japan,
attitude towards love in, 135.
automatic legitimation of children in, 490.
divorce in, 460, 461.
prostitution in, 233, 237.
Jealousy, 563 et seq.
Jesus, 184.
Jews,
as parents, 6.
prostitution among ancient, 235.
status of women among, 394.
Judas Thomas's Acts, 156 et seq.

Kadishtu, 229.
Kant, 184.
Korea,
prostitution in, 238.

Lactation, 24.
Lectures on sexual hygiene, 83.
Lenclos, Ninon de, 246, 308.
Love,
an essential part of marriage, 508.
art of, 507 et seq.
definition of, 132 et seq.
difficulties of art of, 530, 547.
for more than one person, 371.
future development of, 574.
how far an illusion, 137 et seq.
in childhood, 36 et seq., 528.
in relation to chastity, 172, 176.
inevitable mystery of, 136.
its value for life, 115 et seq.
testimonies to immense importance of, 139 et seq.
Lust,
in relation to love, 132.
theological conception of, 179.
Lydian prostitution, 233, 234.

Mahommedanism
and prostitution, 235.
and sanctity of sex, 129.
its regard for chastity, 164.
Male continence, 554.
Malthus, 594.
Mammary activity in infancy, 34.
Manuals of sexual hygiene, 53, 81.
Maoris,
results of loss of old faith among, 147.
Marriage,
advantages of early, 379.
ambil anak, 391.
and prostitution, 225, 296, 363.
as a contract, 470 et seq.
as a fact, 477 et seq.
as a sacrament, 435, 479.
as an ethical sacrament, 479.
beena, 391.
by capture, 148.
certificates for, 622.
criticism of, 364.
evolution of, 421 et seq.
for a term of years, 472.
from legal point of view, 375.
in early Christian times, 429, et seq.
in old English law, 402.
in relation to eugenics, 621.
in relation to morals, 373.
in Rome, 428.
independent of forms, 480 et seq.
inferior forms of, 489.
love as a factor of, 508 et seq.
modern tendencies in regard to, 377 et seq.
objections to early, 37.
objects of, 507.
procreation as a factor of, 576 et seq.
Protestant attitude towards, 440 et seq.
trial, 379 et seq.
variations in order of, 491 et seq.
Masturbation,
among prostitutes, 272.
anxiety of boys about, 61.
in relation to sexual abstinence, 196.
Matriarchy,
alleged primitive, 390.
Matrilineal descent, 391.
Mendelism, 630.
Mendes,
the rite at, 232.
Menstruation,
brought on by sexual excitement, 578.
coitus during, 533.
hygiene of, 68 et seq.
instruction regarding, 64 et seq.
Missionaries' attempt to impose European customs, 99 et seq.
Modesty consistent with nakedness, 108.
Monogamy, 421 et seq., 491.
Montanist element in early Christian literature, 156.
Morality,
meaning of the term, 367 et seq.
Motherhood,
early age of, 634.
endowment of, 630.
Mothers,
duty to instruct daughters, 64.
duty to suckle infant, 24.
responsibility for their own procreative acts, 586 et seq.
schools for, 29.
the sexual teachers of children, 48 et seq.
Mylitta,
prostitution at temple of, 229.
Mystery in matters of sex, evil of, 50, 110.

Nakedness,
an alleged sexual stimulant, 97.
as a prime tonic of life, 112.
consistent with modesty, 108.
educational value of, 106.
hygienic value of, 104, 111.
in literature and art, 90 et seq.
in mediæval Europe, 98.
in relation to sexual education, 95 et seq.
its moral value, 114 et seq.
its spiritual value, 102.
modern attitude towards, 101 et seq.
Neo-Malthusianism, 588 et seq.
Neurasthenia,
sexual, 183, 189, 203.
Newton, 184.
New Zealand,
result of decay of tapu in, 147.
sexual freedom in ancient, 226.
Night-courtship customs, 380.
Notification of Births Act, 29.
venereal diseases, 343.
Nurture versus breed, 34.
Nutrition compared to reproduction, 169, 198, 201.

Obscenity,
early Christian views of, 126 et seq.
Orgy,
among savages, 221.
in classic times, 220.
in mediæval Christianity, 219.
its religious origin, 218.
modern need of, 222.
Oneida Community, 553, 617 et seq.
Ouled-Nail prostitution, 233.
Ovarian irritation, 187.
Ovid, 514.

Penitentials, the, 162.
Physician,
alleged duty to prescribe sexual intercourse, 201 et seq.
as a social reformer, 205.
his place in sexual hygiene, 84, 354, 359.
Platonic friendship, 571.
Poetry in relation to sexual impulse, 90.
Polygamy, 366, 412, 490, et seq.
Precocity,
sexual, 35, 209, 528, 634.
Pregnancy,
among primitive peoples, 13.
coitus during, 16.
early, 634.
hygiene of, 6 et seq.
Premature birth, 10 et seq.
Procreation,
best age for, 633.
best season for, 638.
control of, 578 et seq.
its place in marriage, 365, 508.
methods of control of, 599 et seq.
the science of, 576 et seq.
Promiscuity,
theory of primitive, 284.
Prostitutes,
as artists, 299.
as guardians of the home, 281 et seq.
at the Renaissance, 243 et seq.
attitudes towards bully, 270.
in Austria, 241.
in classic times, 239.
in France, 240.
in Italy, 241.
injustice of social attitude towards, 310.
number of servants who become, 264 et seq., 290 et seq.
psychic and physical characteristics, 274 et seq.
tendency to homosexuality, 272.
their motives for adopting avocation, 256 et seq., 288 et seq.
their sexual temperament, 268 et seq.
under Christianity, 240.
Prostitution,
among savages, 226, 234.
as affected by Christianity, 239.
as an equivalent of criminality, 267.
causes of, 254 et seq.
civilizational value of, 289 et seq.
decay of State regulation of, 250.
definition of, 224.
economic factor of, 259 et seq.
essentially unsatisfactory nature of, 313.
in modern times, 248.
in relation to marriage, 363.
in the East, 235 et seq.
moral justification of, 280 et seq.
need for humanizing, 306.
on the stage, 356.
origin and development of, 224 et seq.
present social attitude towards, 302 et seq.
regulation of, 249, 331, 339.
religious, 228 et seq., 235.
rise of secular, 234.
to acquire marriage portion, 233.
Protestantism,
attitude towards prostitution, 284.
Prudery in ancient times, 101.
Puberty,
initiation at, among savages, 87 et seq.
sexual education at, 60, 85.
sexual hygiene at, 209.
Puericulture, 7 et seq.
Puritans,
attitude towards unchastity, 376.
towards marriage, 437 et seq.

Quaker conception of marriage, 446.

Rape,
cannot be committed by husband on wife, 80, 473.
wedding night often a, 526.
Religious prostitution, 228 et seq., 235.
Renaissance,
prostitutes at the, 243 et seq.
Reproduction compared to nutrition, 169, 198, 201.
Responsibility in matters of sex,
personal, 349 et seq., 405 et seq., 417, 444, 463, 481, 586 et seq.
Rest,
during pregnancy, importance of, 7 et seq.
during menstruation, 67.
Ring,
origin of wedding, 432.
Robert of Arbrissel, 160.
Romantic literature of chastity, 158.
love, late origin of, 135.
Rome,
attitude towards nakedness in ancient, 96.
conception of the orgy in, 220.
marriage in, 428.
prostitution in, 238.
status of women in, 395.
Russia,
divorce in, 457.
sexual freedom in, 384.

Sabbath orgy, 221.
Sacrament,
marriage as a, 435, 479.
Sacred prostitution, 228, 235.
Sale-marriage, 432.
Savages,
prostitution among, 226.
rarity of love among, 134.
sexual education among, 87 et seq., 515 et seq.
Scandinavian method of dealing with venereal diseases, 344.
School,
its place in sexual education, 56 et seq., 83.
Schools for mothers, 29.
Seduction,
early Church's attitude towards, 180.
Servants frequently become prostitutes, 264 et seq., 290 et seq.
Sexual abstinence, 169 et seq.
Sexual anæsthesia,
a cause of, 526.
Sexual education, 33 et seq.
among savages, 87 et seq., 515 et seq.
and coitus, 510.
and nakedness, 95 et seq.
Sexual hygiene and art, 92, 223.
and literature, 89.
and religion, 85.
at puberty, 209.
at school, 56 et seq.
in childhood, 40 et seq.
in relation to sexual abstinence, 206 et seq.
Sexual innocence,
value of, 44.
Sexual morality, 362 et seq.
Sexual neurasthenia, 183, 189, 203.
Sexual physiology in education, 57.
Sexual precocity, 35, 209, 528, 634.
Shakespeare in relation to sexual education, 90.
Slavs,
sexual freedom among, 227, 384.
Socialism and individualism, 24.
Spain,
prostitution in, 266.
Stage,
prostitution on the, 356.
State,
its interest in children, 22, 488, 505.
nurseries, 31.
Sterility in relation to gonorrhœa, 329.
Stirpiculture, 618.
causes of, 631.
Stork legend of origin of babies, 41.
Suckling in relation to puericulture, 24.
Swahili,
sexual education among, 516.
Switzerland,
divorce in, 457.
prostitution in, 251.
Syphilis,
its prevalence, 326.
nature and results of, 324 et seq.
of the innocent, 336.
questions of the origin of, 321 et seq.
And see Venereal Diseases.

Tahiti,
chastity and unchastity in old, 148.
Teachers and sexual hygiene, 83.
Teutonic custom,
influence on position of women, 401 et seq.
influence on marriage, 431 et seq.
Theatre,
as a beneficial form of the orgy, 222.
early Christian attitude towards, 220.
Thekla,
legend of, 156.
Town life and sexuality, 38, 293 et seq.
Trappists,
régime of, 208.
Trent, Council of, 434, 437.
Trial-marriage, 379 et seq.

Urban life and sexuality, 38, 293 et seq.
Uterine fibroids, 187.

Vaginismus, 525.
Vasectomy, 615.
Venereal diseases,
conquest of the, 316 et seq.
free treatment of, 345.
need of enlightenment concerning, 350 et seq.
notification of, 343 et seq.
personal responsibility for, 349 et seq.
punishment for transmission of, 345 et seq.
Venice,
prostitution in, 241, 245, 246.
Virgin,
intercourse with as a cure for syphilis, 337.
original meaning of the term, 165.
Virginity,
why valued, 147, 165, 175, 403, 469.

Wagner's music dramas, 223.
Wales,
divorce in ancient, 461.
White slavery, 302.
Wife-purchase among ancient Germans, 431.
in modern times, 403.
Woman movement, 4, 68, 409 et seq.
Women,
alleged tendency to dissimulation, 412.
among the Jews, 394.
and sexual abstinence, 185 et seq.
erotic characteristics of, 541.
ignorance of art of love, 520.
in Arabia, 394.
in Babylonia, 393.
in Egypt, 393, 408.
in modern Europe, 397.
in relation to divorce, 468.
in relation to free sexual unions, 386 et seq.
in Rome, 395, 428.
inequality before the law, 473.
moral equality with men, 438, 495.
must not be compulsory mothers, 586.
not attracted to innocent men, 524.
position as affected by Teutonic custom, 401 et seq.
procreative age of, 634.
their high status in ancient Ireland, 392.
their need of economic independence, 407.
their need of personal responsibility, 405, 469.
their need of sexual knowledge, 44 et seq., 351.
understand love better than men, 527.

Yakuts,
attitude towards virginity, 147.
Yuman Indians,
sexual initiation among, 88.

Zoölogy and sexual education, 59.