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

MARRIAGEdisturbance of mental balance which will speedily rightitself and never occur again. A typical case which sometimesoccurs is that of a chaste and upright youth who,having accidentally been brought into close contact witha prostitute, forms the design of marrying her, in such acase the obscure promptings of the sexual impulse beingmore or less disguised by the idea of redeeming a womanwho seems never to have had a fair chance. Now it notinfrequently happens that marriage with a prostitute turnsout well when it is the result of deliberate choice by amature and experienced man who clearly realizes whathe is doing. But that is not likely to happen in the caseof an ignorant youth blinded bythe exaltation of his feelings.In these cases the best method of preventing theunion is to temporize. Severe opposition will merely serveto increase the exaltation and lead to rash steps whichwill precipitate the dreaded marriage. By contriving toobtain delay, and in the meanwhile securing for the youthample opportunity to see and study his beloved, he maybe brought to view her in something the same light as hisfriends. In the case of a girl who contemplates a rashmarriage, it may often be possible to remove her into adifferent environment in which new interests and relationshipswill gradually be formed. Sometimes a youngwoman will, for a time, contemplate marriage with an attractiveman of lower social class. Such a union should bestrongly discouraged, however little value we may attachto class feeling, for it isvery unlikely to work out, and thewoman who has had such an idea never repents abandoningit. Lady Chatterley can never be the happy wife of herpeasant lover. The unions which are the speedy result ofa sudden infatuation so often produce a chain of disastrousresults that it isalways legitimate in such cases tointroduce obstacles tending to cause delay, even though it