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Show "THE HAVOC OF PRUDERY" For the last year or two a movement move-ment Inculcating higher standards ot sex-morality than those now existing and advocating a wide dissemination of knowledge bearing on sex and eugenics eu-genics has been attaining considerable consider-able proportions in this country. Conservatives Con-servatives and radicals nrc both represented rep-resented In tho crusade The former Include such diverse types of .publicist .public-ist as Dr. G. Stanley Hall of Clark university, and Etlward Bok, editor of tho Ladies' Home Journal, and are organized in an Ameilcan society of sanitary and moral prophylaxis. The latter nave just siarieu tuoir own ui-gnnizatlon, ui-gnnizatlon, the American society of Medical sociology, headed by Dr. William Will-iam J Robinson of New York Tho movement Is finding at least partial expression in tho magazines, and, in particular, in Pearson's magazine. maga-zine. Sex-problems are admittedly difficult to discuss, but, in the eyes of tho editor of Pearson's they are as important as they arc difficult, "I beliove," be says, "that there is no subject named in the Bible or the dictionary which cannot be discussed with entire modesty and delicacy in any company, no matter how sensitive sensi-tive either on account of sex of age. when tho purposo oi such discussion is the betterment of morals, the safeguarding safe-guarding of health, or any other form of improvement in the standards of civilization,' He sajs further'V'No cancatcnatlon of circumstances brings more misery to humanity than that caused by certain diseases which thrive solely because of prudery and false rotfeence. It does not meet -the question to say that these ailments cannot be discussed by 'polite' people The man or woman who thus contends is declaring that It Is moro respectable respect-able to havo the dlsoases than to speak of them. And these same dl seases are working an evil upon the Amorican people beside which the ravages of tuberculosis are as naught. Publld discussion is the only process by which public conscience can bo awakened. An awakened public conscience con-science Is the, only mean's by vwhich conditions may be bettered.' Carrent Literature. |