Psychology of sex - Total No. of Records in System :: 2032

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXlikely to proceed vigorouslywhen adult life is reached.It may even be more likely to turn out happily, perhapsvigorously, when it is late. This is significantly suggestedby Hamilton's inquiries: he found that the later sexualcuriosity arises the more satisfactory (as shown by adequateorgasm which he regardsas the most convenienttest)married life is likely to be. It is thus that we mayprobably explain one of the most curious and unexpectedof Hamilton's results: the women who were shocked orfrightened wlien theyfirst learned the facts of sex show adecidedly more satisfactory married sex-life (nearly 65per cent, with adequate orgasm) than those who werepleased, interested, or gratified when theyfirst learnedthe facts of sex. The children who were gratified were,we may assume, those with an already developed sex life,the children who were shocked, those with an undevelopedsex life. So that this result, far from being reallyanomalous, is in line with the result that the childrenwith no early sex curiosity have eventually the most satisfactorymarried life. Sexual precocity, while by no meansnecessarily of evil omen, is less promising for future welfarethan its absence. It may be added that Dr. KatharineDavis did not find any markedly greater proportion oflater happiness in girls who had not masturbated or hadsexual play in childhood, as compared to those who hadhad such early sex experience. Dickinson and Pearsonstate that there is a real difference in the way of betterhealth among those women who keep on with the habit ofmasturbation than with those who dropit after early life;this might be considered due to greater health and vigorin those who continue the habit. They also state that thereis no appreciable difference in health between those whobegin to masturbate early and those who start after