. Hall's "Life Problems"
seems to me to give the important facts.

[Sidenote: Habits.]

As in the case of boys of adolescent years, there should be enough
teaching to warn against harmful habits. Such knowledge may possibly be
of personal application to a few girls and it will be of use to many
girls who will later as mothers or teachers have the care of small
children.

[Sidenote: Knowledge concerning men.]

I find that many thoughtful mothers and women physicians think that
girls in late adolescent years should learn from some reliable source
the most general facts regarding male structure and function. Here
again the strong argument is that the majority will have the care of
small children. Such instruction has often been given as part of
courses in biology and physiology and also in special lectures. It is
certain that some parents will favor such instruction, and others will
regard it as indecent to suggest that girls should have any such
knowledge. There will always be some parents who will let their
daughters face life-problems blindly.

[Sidenote: Mothercraft.]

Sometime in adolescent years girls should learn the scientific facts
regarding mothercraft or the care of small children. This phase of the
sex-education is rapidly attracting attention from those who are
interested in practical arts education, and before many years pass it
will probably be treated adequately in connection with household arts
in schools and colleges. I have already referred to household arts in
general as making a decided contribution to the larger sex-education
which works for harmonious adjustment of the sexes in the home.

FOOTNOTES:

[14] Both books by M.A. and Anna N. Bigelow.

[15] Sets of drawings and lantern slides for the biological
introduction to sex may be obtained from the American Social Hygiene
Association, 105 W. 40th St., New York City.

[16] The instructor of young men should not allow confusion to arise
from the recent contention of some medical men that emissions are
abnormal or unnatural because they are not known to occur in animals.
Certain it is that they are adaptations to changes caused by enforced
sexual restraint after the seminal secretions begin with puberty. Such
restraint is, of course, abnormal or unnatural if we compare with
animals; but many of our acts are unnatural and not necessarily
unhealthful. For instance, the sedentary life of the student or
professional worker is abnormal or unnat