Sex-Knowledge for the Mature Mind

New York, New York: The Claremont Printing Co., Inc, 1922. Very good.. An educational booklet prepared by a New York dermatologist, offering its reader a medical practitioner's view on sex education, wellness and health. An interesting view into the morals of 1922 New York, with some advice still ringing true today, and some not. The subjects covered include: when sex education should be taught; how knowledge of sex improves one's health; eugenics; women of "deplorable condition", unwed mothers and "un-adjusted" girls; how sex habits are formed; masturbation; venereal disease; sex in relation to church and family; prostitution; sin and purity. Includes an advertisement for a motion picture on the inside of the wrappers ("Some Wild Oats", a sex education film). 12mo (6" by 4.75"), pp. 31, stapled in original printed wrappers.