INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Ellis, Havelock
Burmah, prostitution in, 235.
Canon law, defects of, 438. its importance, 433. origin of, 436. persistence of its traditions, 449 et seq. sound kernel of, 479.
Carlyle, 174.
Carnival, origin of, 218.
Castration, modern developments of, 614. the practice of, 612.
Chastity, among early Christians, 151 et seq. definition of, 175. girdle of, 163. in modern Fiji, 406. in what sense a virtue, 169. modern attitude towards, 167. Protestant attitude towards, 164. romantic literature of, 158. the function of, 143 et seq.
Child, as foundation of marriage, 488, 505. characteristics of eldest born, 591. its need of two parents, 487.
Childhood, sexual activity in, 35 et seq., 209. sexual teaching in, 48.
China, divorce in, 461. prostitution in, 236.
Chivalry on position of women, influence of, 401.
Christianity, attitude towards chastity, 151 et seq. attitude towards lust, 179. attitude towards nakedness, 96. failed to recognize importance of art of love, 517. its influence on position of women, 398 et seq. on marriage, 429 et seq. mixed attitude towards sexual impulse, 124 et seq., 513. towards prostitution, 282 et seq. towards seduction, 180.
Civilization and prostitution, 187 et seq. and the sexual impulse, 199.
Coitus, a posteriori, 556. best time for, 558. during pregnancy, 16 et seq. ethnic variations in, 557. excess in, 535. injuries due to unskilful, 525. interruptus, 551. morbid horror of, 81. needs to be taught, 510. prayer before, 559. proper frequency of, 533. religious significance of, 230, 559. reservatus, 552.
Collusion, doctrine of, 451.
Conception, conditions of, 577. prevention of, 588 et seq.
Concubine, 498.
Condom, 599.
Conjugal rights or rites, 538.
Consent, age of, 528.
Consultation de Nourrisson, 29.
Contract, marriage as a, 470 et seq.
Corinth, prostitution at, 229, 232.
Country life and sexuality, 38.
Courtesan, origin of term, 243.
Courtship, the art of, 538, et seq.
Criminality in relation to prostitution, 267.
Cyprus, prostitution at, 233.
Dancing, hygienic value of, 74. as an orgy, 222.
D'Aragona, Tullia, 244.
Divorce, by mutual consent, 463 et seq. causes for, 448. in ancient Rome, 429. in ancient Wales, 461. in China, 461. in England, 447. in France, 455, 465. in Germany, 455. in Japan, 460. in Russia, 457. in Switzerland, 457. in United States, 458 et seq., 624. Milton's views on, 444. modern tendency of, 462 et seq. Protestant attitude towards, 441. question of damages for, 450. reform of, 454. tendency of legislation regarding, 624. transmission of venereal disease as a cause for, 349.
Drama, modern function of the, 222.
Dysmenorrhœa, 187.
Economic factor, of marriage, 375. of prostitution, 259 et seq.
Education in matters of sex, 33 et seq. for women, 75.
Egypt, high status of women in, 393, 408.
Eldest born child, characteristics of, 591.
England, marriage in, 431, 444. prostitution in, 252, 257, 265, 307.
Erotic element in marriage, 508.
Eskimo, divorce among, 461. sexual initiation among, 89.
Eugenics, 7. false ideas of, 583. foundation by Galton, 582. importance of environment in relation to, 623. in relation to castration, 614. Noyes a pioneer in, 618. positive, 621. wide acceptance of principle of, 584.