San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
Happy Though married. Women
Say Answering QUESTIONABLE

by psychologists, psychiatrists, and
students among medical men as well
as By those whose interests lie in the
practical fields of social hygiene.
Education is Fundsmentsi.
Among the latter there is growing
belief that however much may be ac-
complished by the control Of disease
on the one hand and the enactment
and enforcement of laws depressing
vice on the other, the fundamental
method to be employed in bringing
about more satisfactory adjustments
of the sex relationship is that of
education"
"In no part Of the field of education
is there greater differences of opinion
than in that which deals with sex.
This largely because, except on the
pathological side, sex is scientifically
an UNEMPLOYED country
1t was because of the lack Of data
as 10 normal experiences of sex on
which TO base educational programs
that the bureau sent out its question
nairts 10 married and single women.
While some Of the preliminary re-
suits of the first inquiry have been
made public, the bureau has much
additional information in its posses
sion which is being collected and
analysed day by day. "The individual
letters and replies received are not
being made public, first because the
inquiry was entirely a confidential
affair, and second because the bureau
is not interested in individual cases
except as they affect the masses.
The character of the replies re-
ceived is most interesting. They evil
IDENTIFY are the result of careful. pains
taking effort to present truthfully
and accurately the personal exper-
fences of the women concerned and
their own deductions therefrom, both
as to the lack in their own education
and training and what they believe
should be done for the children Of to.
day.
Wide Range Of Ages.
II required letters addressed to 10000
women TO get the one thousand re-
plies which are forming the basis for
the sex study now in progress. The
answers came from Wives-and
widows-of wide range of ages
Three were received from women ms
young as 81 years, while one excel
lent paper came from a woman of SO.
The largest group of replies came
from wives between the ages of 2S
and SO inclusive. Thiry-five replies
were from women over 90.
Some fear was expressed by those
interested in the study that the
answers would be received largely
from a neurotic or unhappy group of
women who would find relief In plac.
ing their experiences on paper. So
far as the internal evidences of the
papers go, from the point of view of
health, the group probably is above
the average.
That marriage is at least in some
degree more beneficial than deleterious
TO the health of the wife is shown by
the fact that $50 women say their
health after marriage was better than
before while IA assert it was worse.
In the others of the thousand no
marked change one way or the other
was noted. t.-.
The inquiry has shown that the most
frequent age of marriage for the wife
is from % to 81 years of ago; for
the husband % to 80. The age
range for women included in the 1000
answers, however. was all the way
from 10 to SO. For the men il was
Is to 73. showing that the male of
the species may be slower in entering
matrimony in his youth, be clings to
the custom in his old age. Only six
teen Of the women who replied had
been married twice; one had been
married three times. Five had been
divorced and seven separated.