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work of subdivisions. It is an interesting physiological fact to note that one kind of these nerve structures, called "Krause's end-bulbs," which are unusually large and sensitive, are found principally in the penis, clitoris and lips.

Finally, the skin of woman on almost all parts of the body is subject to sensual feeling under suitable stimuli.

In a sense these facts are fairly well known, but the knowledge is not adequately utilized in a legitimate way. By this, I mean, the average married man lacks a full realization of the importance of the erogenous zones in love-making. And because of this short-sightedness, he falls that much short of his potentialities as a successful lover.

Just as woman's erogenous zones are more numerous than man's, so, too, is her sexual feeling more diversified physically, and her sexual nature more complex psychically.

The feminine sex is pre-eminently the affectionate sex. Physical excitements provoke reflexes more readily and more strongly in woman. Her emotionalism, generally speaking, is more demonstrative under all circumstances than man's.

Effects of Unsatisfactory Love-Life. It is understood that "sex" and "sexual," in the sense in which they are used in this volume, are terms that include all the reproductive impulses and love-forces, direct and indirect, conscious and unconscious; in other words, all those biological functions and impulses that are employed in the interest of the race.

While sexual passion, as a direct feeling, is unquestionably stronger in the male, the feeling of parenthood, with all that this implies, is stronger in the female. There are individual exceptions to this rule, of course, and because they are recognized as exceptions, they only tend to emphasize the universal application of this rule.

Woman's constructive rôle in the reproductive realm is responsible for her more diversified sexual psychology, as