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feelings and physiology is made by Freud,[1] who says, "Der Congressus reservatus mittels des Kondoms stellt für die Frau keine Schädlichkeit dar, wenn sie sehr rasch erregbar und der Mann sehr potent ist; in andern Falle steht diese Art des Präventivverkehres den anderen ein Schädlichkeit nicht nach."

Havelock Ellis (1921)[2] unfortunately follows these authorities, saying that "the condom is now regarded by nearly all authorities, as, when properly used, the safest, the most convenient, and the most harmless method."

Emphatically I dispute that the "authorities" are right.

It should be noted, of course, that Ellis's book, though dated 1921, takes no cognizance of books published since 1910 or so, and therefore he has not considered the arguments used in "Wise Parenthood," in 1918.

General Comments.—The condom for both emotional and physical reasons is not advisable for use in ordinary healthy coitus.

  1. ↑ S. Freud (1911): "Sammlung kleiner Schriften zur Neurosenlehre aus den Jahren, 1893-1906." Pp. 229. Leipzig, 1911.
  2. ↑ Havelock Ellis (1921) (1910): "Sex in relation to Society." Pp. xvi, 696. Philadelphia, 1921. See p. 599.

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