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CONTRACEPTION

CHAPTER V.
Contraceptives in Use Described and Discussed.

IN the following pages will be described in some detail the various methods classified in the preceding chapter, together with comments on and discussions of their physiological effects and their social values.

TRUE CONTRACEPTIVES.
(A) Actions or Modes of Procedure of either Sex not involving the Use of Chemical Substances or Appliances of any Sort.

By the Female:—

(1) Deliberate passivity in order to control her own orgasm so that it does not take place.

The idea is very ancient that if a woman controls her own emotions so as to inhibit the natural orgasm she is safe from ensuing pregnancy, or, at any rate, her passivity materially reduces her risk of its onset.

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