Of Woman As A Real Human Being,

Courtship, Properly Understood, Is The Process Whereby Both The Male And The Female Are Brought Into That State Of Sexual Tumescence Which Is A More Or Less Necessary Condition For Sexual Intercourse. The Play Of Courtship Cannot, Therefore, Be Considered To Be Definitely Brought To An End By The Ceremony Of Marriage; It May More Properly Be Regarded As The Natural Preliminary To Every Act Of Coitus.

I Regard Sex As The Central Problem Of Life. And Now That The Problem Of Religion Has Practically Been Settled, And That The Problem Of Labor Has At Least Been Placed On A Practical Foundation, The Question Of Sex—with The Racial Questions That Rest On It—stands Before The Coming Generations As The Chief Problem For Solution. Sex Lies At The Root Of Life, And We Can Never Learn To Reverence Life Until We Know How To Understand Sex.

The Omnipresent Process Of Sex, As It Is Woven Into The Whole Texture Of Our Man's Or Woman's Body, Is The Pattern Of All The Process Of Our Life.

Education, Whatever Else It Should Or Should Not Be, Must Be An Inoculation Against The Poisons Of Life And An Adequate Equipment In Knowledge And Skill For Meeting The Chances Of Life.

Birth-control Is Effecting, And Promising To Effect, Many Functions In Our Social Life.