Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in WomenEllis, Havelock
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women
Ellis, Havelock
Sex; Sex (Psychology)
"Mrs. A. says that her husband does not give her sufficient
sexual attention, as he fears they will have more children than
he can properly care for. Mrs. B. always enjoys intercourse; so
does Mrs. C. Mrs. D. is easily excited and very fond of sexual
attention. Mrs. E. likes intercourse if her husband is careful
not to hurt her. Mrs. F. never had any sexual desire until after
second marriage, but it is now very urgent at times. Mrs. G. is
not easily excited, but has never objected to her husband's
attention. Mrs. H. would prefer to have her husband exhibit more
attention. Mrs. I. never refused her husband, but he does not
trouble her much. Mrs. J. thinks that three or four times a week
is satisfactory, but would not object to nightly intercourse.
Mrs. K. does not think that her husband could give her more than
she would like. Mrs. L. would prefer to live with a woman if it
were not for sexual intercourse. Mrs. M., aged 40, says that her
husband, aged 65, insists upon intercourse three times every
night, and that he keeps her tired and disgusted. She each time
has at least one orgasm, and would not object to reasonable
attention."
It may be remarked that, while these results in English women of the
middle class are in fair agreement with the German and Austrian
observations I have quoted, they differ from Campbell's results among
women of the working class in London. This discrepancy is, perhaps, not
difficult to explain. While the conditions of upper-class life may
possibly be peculiarly favorable to the development of the sexual
emotions, among the working classes in London, where the stress of the
struggle for existence under bad hygienic conditions is so severe, they
may be peculiarly unfavorable. It is thus possible that there really are a
smaller number of women experiencing sexual emotion among the class dealt
with by Campbell than among the class to which my series belong.[168]
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