[Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) by Havelock Ellis]@TWC D-Link bookStudies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6) CHAPTER II 101/143
I am collecting new material, but from what I already have seen I am impressed with the truth of what you say.
I am studying the point, and shall elaborate the explanation." Any publication on this subject was, however, prevented by Engelmann's death a few years later. A proper recognition of the special nature of woman, of her peculiar needs and her dignity, has a significance beyond its importance in education and hygiene.
The traditions and training to which she is subjected in this matter have a subtle and far-reaching significance, according as they are good or evil.
If she is taught, implicitly or explicitly, contempt for the characteristics of her own sex, she naturally develops masculine ideals which may permanently discolor her vision of life and distort her practical activities; it has been found that as many as fifty per cent.
of American school girls have masculine ideals, while fifteen per cent. American and no fewer than thirty-four per cent.
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