Sexual problems of today / by William J. Robinson.

  • William J. Robinson
Date:
1922
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Credit: Sexual problems of today / by William J. Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of all. It is certainly the most delicate of all. It deals with men who bring to the marriage- bed their burned out passions, what I might call their Sexual Ashes. To speak more plainly, it deals with men who get married when they are partially or completely impo¬ tent. I consider this the greatest misfortune that a man can inflict on a healthy, normal woman. It is a greater misfortune for a woman to have an impotent than a venereally infected husband. This statement which I made incidentally in my lecture before this club, just one year ago, was misunderstood and crit¬ icized. I repeat it now with all possible em¬ phasis. But in order to avoid misunderstand¬ ings, I will explain it in detail. I do not mean to say that venereal infection is less of a mis¬ fortune than unsatisfied sexual desire. What I mean to say is this: When a husband sutlers with venereal disease he can, by a little instruc¬ tion, easily be taught how to avoid infecting his wife, but little can be done for the wife whose husband is suffering with complete im¬ potence of long standing, due perhaps to or¬ ganic causes. Nobody condemns more severely than I do the man who will enter the marriage state, when his disease is in an acute stage, when he has mucous patches on his lips, or a gonorrheal discharge; and I would not hesitate to inform the prospective bride of such a man,
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