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Prostitution in Europe Volume 2

Abraham Flexner

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. ...volume of promiscuous intercourse is to be accepted as a fact;21 that for this purpose professional prostitution is recognized and, despite verbal quibbles, authorized. For the prosecution of what is thus treated as an essential and in a sense legitimate traffic, these women obtain a privileged position on the streets or in quarters notorious for the use to which they are put. The prominence thus given to immorality operates psychologically as an incitement to it. The complacent attitude towards indulgence implied in the mild effort made by the state to remove or reduce its dangers indubitably diminishes internal inhibition on the part of the male. Nothing is more certain in the domain of effort and ethics than that good conduct is largely the response of the individual to the expectation of men " can because they think they can." 22 Social stigma is a most powerful deterrent; social assent a powerful stimulus. Regulation implies the absence of any expectation of male self-restraint; it is society's tacit assent to laxity.23 Nay more, it is an invitation to laxity in so far as it deprives dissipation of one of its terrors, for the existence of medical regulation must be interpreted as implying a certain degree of efficacy in the attainment of its object. There can, therefore, be no question that state regulation of vice increases the volume of irregular intercourse and the number of those who participate in it. Certain it is that the notion that male self-control is both possible and wholesome has spread " pari passu " with the attack on regulation and with the elevation of the status of woman that invariably accompanies this movement. 21 It is perhaps hardly necessary for me to state that I do not mean to imply that if the State...

Language: English

Pages: 122

Format: Paperback

Release: September 12, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781230384412

Prostitution in Europe Volume 2

Abraham Flexner

0/5 ( ratings)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. ...volume of promiscuous intercourse is to be accepted as a fact;21 that for this purpose professional prostitution is recognized and, despite verbal quibbles, authorized. For the prosecution of what is thus treated as an essential and in a sense legitimate traffic, these women obtain a privileged position on the streets or in quarters notorious for the use to which they are put. The prominence thus given to immorality operates psychologically as an incitement to it. The complacent attitude towards indulgence implied in the mild effort made by the state to remove or reduce its dangers indubitably diminishes internal inhibition on the part of the male. Nothing is more certain in the domain of effort and ethics than that good conduct is largely the response of the individual to the expectation of men " can because they think they can." 22 Social stigma is a most powerful deterrent; social assent a powerful stimulus. Regulation implies the absence of any expectation of male self-restraint; it is society's tacit assent to laxity.23 Nay more, it is an invitation to laxity in so far as it deprives dissipation of one of its terrors, for the existence of medical regulation must be interpreted as implying a certain degree of efficacy in the attainment of its object. There can, therefore, be no question that state regulation of vice increases the volume of irregular intercourse and the number of those who participate in it. Certain it is that the notion that male self-control is both possible and wholesome has spread " pari passu " with the attack on regulation and with the elevation of the status of woman that invariably accompanies this movement. 21 It is perhaps hardly necessary for me to state that I do not mean to imply that if the State...

Language: English

Pages: 122

Format: Paperback

Release: September 12, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781230384412

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