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CHAPTER EIGHT

regularly inserted daily, in the afternoon, and taken out next morning. Then, whenever the sex union takes place it is a purely spontaneous act of love; the cap, like the sleeping robe, being an article of frequent wear should have no psychological reactions on the coital act except to free it from fear and thus to elevate it.

Seldom, but nevertheless occasionally, opinions antagonistic to contraception are coupled with some more specific facts which lend an air of authority to the pronouncement. The most notable of these in recent literature was the lecture in 1922 of Professor Arthur Thomson on "Problems involved with Congress of the Sexes in Man." His main theme was one of great general interest, and he championed the view that "the male ejaculate possesses other properties than those directly associated with the male fertilizing element."[1]

This view I naturally received with something more than ordinary assent, as it is my own view and was published by me in 1918.[2] Since publishing it I was glad

  1. ↑ A. Thomson. 1922. "Problems involved with Congress of the Sexes in Man." British Medical Journal, January 7, 1922, p. 5.
  2. ↑ M. C. Stopes (1918): "Wise Parenthood" (Ed. 1, 1918). See 7th ed., p. 40. See also "Radiant Motherhood" (Ed. 1, 1920). P. 104.

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