Love, marriage, jealousy / Writers and collaborators: Julian Huxley [and others] ; edited by A. Forbath.

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[1938]
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Credit: Love, marriage, jealousy / Writers and collaborators: Julian Huxley [and others] ; edited by A. Forbath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    снартёгт Û LOVE, THE IMPULSIVE INSTINCT. The dawn of adolescence brings about a novel feeling of curiosity and expectations and of chastity in boys and girls ; this is the awakening of the sexual instinct. I am referring only to the healthy individual, not to those having either constitutional or hereditary shortcomings or dispositions. The young boy encounters a new and strange sensation : the earliest manifestations of his budding manhood. He begins to look differently upon the girls of his age com¬ pared with his unchanged outlook on the women of his family. This physiological evolution, coinciding with the moulding of his intellect, soon creates a sensitiveness hitherto unknown ; feelings which are both fresh and delicate. The beauty of the countryside fascinates him, he sees poesy in nature, he discovers poetry and art. He is overwhelmed by insatiable tenderness in his young heart, he flatters and caresses ; this is the dangerous period of disquieting friendships. This turning point in the life of the child decides his sexual life as a man. Modern educationists are well aware of the importance of this evolution and sexual education to-day is a recognized subject, whereas the thought of it was enough to embarrass our grandparents. This study does not allow for the embracing of the educational aspect of sexual activity : it is only in our capacity as medical men that its importance is stressed. 9 I
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