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| I. The Meaning, Need, and Scope of Sex-education | 1 |
| | § 1. Sex-education and its relation to sex-hygiene and social hygiene. § 2. The misunderstanding of sex. § 3. The need of sex-instruction. § 4. The scope of sex-education. | |
| II. The Problems for Sex-education | 28 |
| | § 5. Sex problems and the need of special knowledge. § 6. First problem: Personal sex-hygiene. § 7. Second problem: Social diseases. § 8. Third problem: Social evil. § 9. Fourth problem: Illegitimacy. § 10. Fifth problem: Sexual morality. § 11. Sixth problem: Sexual vulgarity. § 12. Seventh problem: Marriage. § 13. Eighth Problem: Eugenics. § 14. Summary. | |
| III. Organization of Educational Attack On the Sex problems | 90 |
| | § 15. The task of sex-education. § 16. The aims of sex-education. § 17. The aims as the basis of organized sex-instruction. | |
| IV. The Teacher of Sex-knowledge | 108 |
| | § 18. Who should give sex-instruction? § 19. The child's first teachers of sex-knowledge. § 20. Selecting teachers for class instruction. § 21. Certain undesirable teachers for special hygienic and ethical instruction. | |
| V. Books as Teachers Concerning Sex and Life | 121 |
| | § 22. Value and danger of special sex-books for young people. § 23. General literature and sex problems. § 24. Dangers in literature on sexual abnormality. | |
| VI. Sex-instruction for Pre-adolescent Years | 133 |
| | § 25. Elementary instruction and influence. § 26. Hygienic and educational treatment of unhealthful habits. | |
| VII. Sex-instruction for Early Adolescent Years | 146 |
| | § 27. The biological foundations. § 28. Scientific facts for boys. § 29. Scientific facts for girls. | |
| VIII. Special Sex-instruction for Adolescent Boys and Young Men | 156 |
| | § 30. Developing attitude towards womanhood. § 31. Developing ideals of love and marriage. § 32. Reasons for pre-marital continence. § 33. Essential knowledge concerning prostitution. § 34. Need of refinement of men. § 35. Dancing as a sex problem for men. § 36. Dress of women as a sex problem for men. § 37. The problem of self-control for young men. § 38. The mental side of a young man's sexual life. | |
| IX. Special Instruction for Maturing Young Women | 184 |
| | § 39. The young woman's attitude towards manhood. § 40. The young woman's attitude towards love and marriage. § 41. Reasons for pre-marital continence of young women. § 42. Need of optimistic and æsthetic views of sex by women. § 43. Other problems for young women. | |
| X. Criticisms of Sex-education | 203 |
| | § 44. A plea for reticence—Agnes Repplier. § 45. A plea for religious approach—Cosmo Hamilton. § 46. The conflict between sex-hygiene and sex-ethics—Richard Cabot § 47. The arrogance of the advocates of sex-education—William H. Maxwell. § 48. Lubricity in education—W.H. Taft. § 49. Conclusions from the criticisms of sex-education. | |
| XI. The Past and the Future of the Sex-education Movement | 227 |
| | § 50. The American movement. § 51. Important steps. § 52. The future of the larger sex-education. | |
| XII. Some Books for Sex-education | 238 |
| | Index | 249 |
