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Is sex necessary?

CONTENTS

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Foreword xi

Preface xvii

I The Nature of the American Male: A Study of Pedestalism 1

II How to Tell Love from Passion 34

III A Discussion of Feminine Types 55

IV The Sexual Revolution: Being a Rather Complete Survey of the Entire Sexual Scene 73

V The Lilies-and-Bluebird Delusion 92

VI What Should Children Tell Parents? 112

VII Claustrophobia, or What Every Young Wife Should Know 133

VIII Frigidity in Men 160

Answers to Hard Questions 180

Glossary 189

“Things look pretty bad right now” —Maj. Gen. Briggs, at Shiloh

Sketch of four men, with downcast posture, in a line.
Sketch of four men, with downcast posture, in a line.

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