Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
Every child is born with a sexual nature_; (2) _this infantile sexuality furnishes the groundwork of the later sexual life_; (3) _and the individual’s sexual conduct and health will depend, in part at least, on the peculiarities of this early period of infancy and childhood_; (4) _therefore, the sexual desires and instincts with which the child is born cannot safely be left alone; they must be dealt with in some way_; (5) _for a wrong direction to these instincts may most easily be given by any mistake or neglect on the part of the mother or those connected with the child_; (6) _lastly, and most important of all, repression of sex is always dangerous; any efforts made in this direction are very likely to lead to evil in the later life of the child_.