Sexual harmony and the new eugenics / by Edmond Székely ; translated and edited by Purcell Weaver.

  • Székely, Edmond (Edmond Bordeaux)
Date:
1938
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Credit: Sexual harmony and the new eugenics / by Edmond Székely ; translated and edited by Purcell Weaver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    when both parties are anxious for it and are in a suitable physical and psychological condition, mutually desiring consummation. In the limits of this volume it is only possible to deal with the most essential points. We have concentrated upon the central physiological act of coitus because of the dangerous consequences which follow if there is ignorance and non-observance of the natural laws in the perform ance of the sexual act. Another great source of sexual disharmony is the use of various artificial methods of birth control. But before passing on to this question we will briefly consider two other very characteristic cases of sexual disequilibrium. The first is the man of the Donjuán type. The man who is constantly changing his sexual partner because he can never find satisfaction represents the saddest kind of sexual disequilibrium. In his permanent state of non- satisfaction he is always hoping to attain satisfaction in ever new sexual relationships. Generally satisfaction is never found. From a medical point of view this patho logical condition is almost always curable. The second case is that of the mysterious woman. Mystery is attributed to her because one never knows what she will do tomorrow. From a medical point of view the mystery is very simple: she does not know herself what she will be doing in an hour's or a day's time. From the standpoint of sexual psychopathology she is in a condition of permanent nervous tension. In final analysis her condition resolves itself into a state of permanent inconsequence in sexual life vis-à-vis her partner, and in life generally vis-à-vis her environment. This case belongs to the category most difficult to cure. There are also further specific and characteristic cases of sexual disequilibrium. Psychologically speaking, there are the pessimistic type, the sceptical type and the cynical type. Sexual pessimism always screens a sexual inferiority complex; sexual scepticism hides sexual ignorance; while behind sexual cynicism will always be found a case of sexual hypocrisy.
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