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CONTENTS
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Right of Female to Enjoyment of Sexual Function—Recognized Among Savages—Erotic Import of "Marriage by Capture"—The Erogenous (Love-producing) Zones and Their Significance in Woman's Love-Life—Sensual Feeling of the Skin—Woman the Affectionate Sex—Effects of Unsatisfactory Marital Life—Woman Craves Love and Affection—"Love Has to Go to School"—The Bridal Night—Its Difficulties and Their Solution—Hygiene of the Honeymoon—Reciprocity in the Sex Relations—Mutual Rights of the Husband and Wife. | ||
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What Birth Control Really Means—Ignorant Confusion With Abortion—Legal Proscription of Contraception—Ban on Contraceptive Information Fosters Abortion—Religious Prejudice Against Contraception—Individual Clergymen Advocate Birth Control—Morality of Birth Control—Immorality of Excessive Child-bearing—Fallacy of Intercourse for Reproduction Only—Sexual Union Has a Value Aside from Procreation—Not Purely a Physical or Animal Function—Continuous Child—bearing a Primitive Practice—Trusting to "Instinct" and "Nature"—Fear of Pregnancy and Marital Disharmony—Coercion for a Morbid Ideal by Opponents of Birth Control. | ||
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The Phenomenon of Conception—The Beginning of Pregnancy—How to Calculate Date of Confinement—Ely's Table and Other Methods—Most Favorable Time for Conception—Changes in the Pregnant Woman—Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy—Probable and Direct Signs—Embryology—Month-by-Month Development of the Fetus—Labor Pains and Parturition—Maternal Impressions—Their Superstitions—Prenatal Care—Rest and Exercise—Diet—Care of Teeth—Care of the Nipples—How Sex Is Determined—Superstitions About Influencing Sex of Child—Sex Determination and Twins—Sex Development in the Embryo—The Chromo- |