Excerpt from Rational Sex Ethics, Vol. 2: A More Intensive Study of Sex Histories, Case Histories, and Dreams, With Therapeutic Suggestions, and Philosophical Deductions As there were originally no preconceived opinions on the part Of the writer, he hopes that no state Of mind may ever be produced which is not Open to conviction when circumstances warrant. That Old ideas are be ing slowly dislodged is evident from the character Of several recent books on sex. Where formerly the posi tion against auto-erotism at any time and Of any fre quenoy was unequivocal, there are now many writers, who, while clinging to ancient dogma in a measure (throwing a sop to it, as it were), also state on the other side Of the account, recent findings which go to show that they believe and would have their readers think that the tales of death and destruction from this practice have been tremendously exaggerated. While this shows a healthy change in educated opinion, some thing more than a balancing Of accounts is necessary for the relief Of those who are suffering from an ab sorption Of the Old pre-scientiflc ideas. Flat contra dictions Of Old - fogy notions must be made over and over again before they can be eradicated. Robinson says, and truly, The evil results Of exaggerating the influence Of masturbation have been so great in the past that, if now the pendulum were to swing to the other extreme, I am sure it would not be a bad thing at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.