Introductory material

Science and practice have hitherto, for the most part, ignored the sexual — The danger of blind chance in the sexual province — Necessity for the enlightenment of the coming generation — Sexual education as a part of general pedagogy — The right to the knowledge of one’s own body — Sexual enlightenment of young people — The dispute regarding the when and the how — Distinction between the youth of the country and the youth of the town — Points of association — A passage from Gutzkow’s autobiography — Disastrous sources of early sexual enlightenment — Character of the pedagogic enlightenment — Importance of this — Suggestions regarding the methods of sexual enlightenment (Sigmund, Lischnewska, F. W. Förster) — My own views — Education of the character and of the will — Principal rules of sexual pedagogy — Education to manhood.