The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-29
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%NAORALS
ByyANt JORDAN

Young girls are invited to
Il come to Jane Jordan for in
formation Do not be afraid to write
frankly. You will be answered just
as frankly in return.
Dear Anne D.-Your frank let
ter is a delight because you have
stated the case for the whole of
young Womanhood. There scarce
ly is a girl who reaches the age
Of l8 who does not find herself the
victim of the eternal strife between
the flesh and the spirit. Her nor
NAL, natural longings for physical
manifestations of love arise, only
to be poisoned by a gnawing sense
of guilt.
The love relationship is the great
est and finest phenomena in hui
man life. Where, then, did this
idea Of shame come from? Why
this Puritanical desire to suppress
the enjoyment of the senses, and
TINS determination to make the
young ashamed of the sensual side
of love? Why should the needs of
the soul be di-
Born in Idea vorced from the
e D4 needs of the
Pronarfv 1t comes as a
surprise to many
young people when they learn that
this useless feeling of shame was
generated by the rise of private
property AS civilization became
more complicated and man began
to own more things, he wanted to
leave his belongings to his own
children. This was the origin of the
homogeneous union.
One man chose one woman for
life and his property was inherited
by their children.
To hold the man and the woman
TO their bargain, outside relation
ships had to be made a mortal sin.
This conviction of sin soon per-
neated the whole of the love rela-
tionship. A feeling arose that there
was something base about the
business. Love as a recreation was
frowned upon. Love as procreation
was permitted. A woman was not
good" unless she
was cold. Allowance
M an benefited MIL g.
by this arrange Mdue lOI
ment more. than Men Only.
woman. When
his instincts broke over the traces,
it was attributed to human nature"
regrettable, to be sure, but permits
sible. No allowances were made for
human nature" in woman She
had to be held in check to prove
the paternity of her children.
Women at last have revolted
against the suppression of their
senses. In some cases their revolt
has been marked by an unfortunate
indulgence in promiscuity. The
pendulum swung too far in the OPP
posite direction.
A really fine woman can not be
satisfied by a series of casual rela-
tionShips. What she wants is a
warm physical and mental relation
ship with one man to whom she
is wholly sufficient. What she has
revolted against is the stupid
code which tries
Nothing Is to make her
ashamed of her
base ABOUT p ny 81 ca yearn-
Your Body. ings.
Your antipathy
your disgust, and your shame are
the result of false education, hand
ed down from mother to daughter
for generations.
Face the facts. There is nothing
base about your body. There is
nothing vile about love. Intimacy is
not stark except when it is divorced
from the ref1nements of love. You
are quite right in assuming that
healthy women have as much diff
Guilty in exercising self-control as
men. There is no cause for en-
barraSSment.
The woman of yesterday made
monogamy duty. The woman of
today makes it a pleasure. She re-
fuses to let her love life be polluted
by false standards and insists upon
endowing the physical symbols of
spiritual union with all the beauty
that rightfully belongs to them.
Not cold, not loose, not cowed. not
bold, courageous, not fearful, she is
far better equipped to promote the
morality of marriage than the emo
tionally starved, persimmon-lipped
woman of the old order.