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lead on to sex. Fear contains
nine of the sex reactions, and
epilepsy produces eight of them.
People at times have tried
schemes to abandon the family
and home, but none of these
schemes has provided satiSfac-
tory substitutes for the home,
and most of them have been
short History. confirms
the importance of the family"
| No Two Exactly Alike.
! No two persons are exactly
alike in their sex lives, none fits
entirely into all the averages
Kinsey has yet found. Each
person can easily believe that
what she or he does is normal.
This individual variation lis the
most persistent reality of hu-
man sexual behavior" And
there are no sexual qualities
found in only one sex or the
other"
The degree of school education
has less effect on sex behavior
of woman than men. Pre-marital
relations were more common
among girls who had gone to
college and high school than
among those of grade school edu-
cation only. The opposite was
true of men.
THE church, home, and school
are the chief sources of sexual
inhibitions, the distaste for all
aspects of sex, the fears of ply
/ sical difficulties which may be in
volved in sexual relations, and
the feelings of guilt which many
females carry with them into
their marriages.
| Conflict With Laws.
| Eight-five per cent of women
and 95 per cent of men could be
! jailed for their sex acts by strict
Interpretation of laws. Many
/ people. perhaps fortunately, have
no conception that their every
day sexual activities may, in
actuality, be contrary to law"
Others live in dread that their
actions, considered normal by
many other persons, may be
found out.
In some States, man can be
! jailed as sexual psychopath if
a doctor judges his desires to be
excessive. Excessive" could be
anything more than what the
doctor, himself, does and be-
lieves is normal.
The law makes no provision for
about 40 per cent of the popula-
tion which is sexually mature,
but not married, and many
youths and older unmarried fe-
males are seriously disturbed
because the only sources of SEX
ual outlet available to them are
either legally or socially disap-
proved"
Men will never to learn to get
along better with women, or
women with men, until each un-
derstands the other as they are,
and not as they hope or imagine
them to be-"
About tWo-thirds of marriages
at some time run into trouble
over sex. Sex factors were among
causes of rs per cent of divorces
in these case histories. Sexual
adjustment represents only one
aspect and not necessarily the
most important aspect of mar
riage No balanced program for
American youth can be confined
to preparing them (only) for the
sexual relationship in marriage"
! About 40 per cent of girls
have "petted" by age IS. Nearly
100 per cent of the younger
! generation pets before marriage.
Many feel guilty, but "little has
been said about the psychology
cal disturbances and subsequent
marital difficulties which may
develop when there is such. con-
demnation and constant be-
laboring of any type of behavior
which has become so nearly uni
versal, and which is as likely
to remain universal, as petting
is among American females and
! males"
/ "It is apparent that if parents
or other adults are to be the
sources of a child's first infor-
nation on sex, they must give
that information by the time a
child is 10 or H." or earlier, or
the child will learn from COM
panions.
| Official estimates say some
10000 children are born out of
wedlock annually in the United
States, but "the actual facts
might multiply this figure sew
eral times"
Profits Go to Institute.
The new report is authored
by all IA members of the staff
OF the Institute for Sex Re-
search, Inc, at Indiana Univer-
sity. Main co-authors with DR..
KinSey are Drs. Wardell B. Pom
eroy. Cylde E. Martin and Paul
| H. Gebhard.
All profits from the book GO
to the institute to continue the
male and female studies and for
future reports on sex laws, mari
tai adjustments. sex education