Sex Education
- ISBN-10
- 1230208593
- ISBN-13
- 9781230208596
- Series
- Sex Education
- Pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- Theclassics.Us
- Author
- Ira Solomon Wile
Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... II THE AGE OF CHIVALRY GRADUALLY the child outgrows the age of mythology and enters the age of chivalry. There is no sharp line of demarcation of the two periods, nor can any age be given when the transition occurs. The age of chivalry really begins as a prepubertal period. For purposes of convenience one may regard it as embracing the years from eight to fifteen years. Each child, however, is a law unto himself and the specific period of its life that represents the age of chivalry can only be determined by noting the physical and psychological development of the particular child. The child's body is beginning to take on new growth, the sexual functions are beginning to expand, the emotional side is unfolding at a very rapid pace. It is the glorious age of self-appreciation and a time when the child has the largest impulses for getting out to help in the work of the world, but can merely dream. The actual expression of the sexual development may be marked by the intensification of affection for the family. Mother, sister and brother are terms that take on a fuller meaning. It is the time when the boy thinks that he really is a man, when his mother asks him to take her around the corner at seven o'clock in the evening as her protector. He is a sort of hero seeking worlds to conquer. The blood begins to surge through his head at the reference to one of his feminine schoolmates. The society of girls is desired, their company is sought, and the party days are at hand with their dangerous period of amorous games. The girls are blossoming out into rounded form and their thoughts, too, are expanding. This is the time of "the lady bountiful." The desire to become a trained nurse, to enter a nunnery, to found an institution for the salvation of...
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