Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
A CONTINUATION OF THE LAST CHAPTER, WITH AN ATTEMPT TO SUGGEST A REMEDY       An attempt to find the remedy—What is the real root of the     evil—The young woman of the new generation—The years since     the war began—An examination of present conditions—What     is likely to happen when peace comes—The independent     woman—The Commissioner’s Report of the National Birth-Rate     Investigation, 1916—The failure in our lives—Where is the     real root of the evil—The whole educational system of girls     in our homes and in our schools is wrong—The importance of     menstruation—Influence of conventionality—Wrong ideals set     before girls—The destruction working in our midst—Fear of sex     directs our educational system—The remedy to begin in our     schools—We must educate girls to be women—Menstruation and the     girl’s special sexual life must be emphasised and not as now     ignored—Adolescent schools—The sexual life of the adolescent     girl—The difficulties that must be faced—Opposition on the part     of women—Motherhood to be saved—Regeneration of the girl’s     instincts through consciousness—The hope with which we may look     to the future—Motherhood will triumph.