MIRROR OF YOUR MIND by JOSEPH WHITNEY

Are we changing our attitudes toward sex?

Our society is in the process of changing its attitude toward sex, and it's all to the good. A halfcentury ago sex education was practically unknown, and what little information young people got was passed to them either by unenlightened elders or picked up out of the gutter. Today the subject bas come out of the back closet and It is possible to publish and discuss reports with honest appraisal.

Dr. Russell L. Dicks, of the Duke University Divinity School, feels that in the past, and to some extent even today, people were too busy moralizing over specific sex delinquencies to see the need for a better understanding of the whole broad subject. With new public understanding it is possible to prevent and cure undesirable sex attitudes and behavior through adequate education and sound marriage guidance. Through new enlightenment in the press, Dr. Dicks points

out “we are beginning to bring the struggle against man's hypocrisy concerning sex into the open."

Through the work of such organizations as the American Institute of Family Relations, the National Council of Family Relations and others, ministers and counselors are being trained for leadership in sex education, with objective standards for children and youth, and adequate pre-marital and marital counseling for adults. Through these media we are beginning to turn our attention and energy to the manner in which we neglect or sexually mis-educate our children. More and more we are coming to recognize our past failures, and to properly prepare young people for marriage. There is a growing awareness that preventing undesirable sex attitudes through education is vastly more important than worrying about specific instances of objectional sex behavior.

In the Next Issue....

The start of Mattachine Review's second year will be marked by another package of important information on the homosexual subject.

Dr. Paul W. Tappan, professor of sociology and lecturer in law at New York University, and author of books on delinquency, explodes several myths about the sex offender in an article every American parent should read.

"Gross Indecency Statutes" is the title of an article on the legal subject. Another essay, "Thoughts on Homosexuality, Morality and Religion," is a piercing discussion of our morality and the word of God.

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Two additional articles are entitled, "Fair Employment Practices and the Homosexual," and "Some Fundamental Problems in Research on Homosexuality."

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A good issue? We think so, especially when we add book reviews, international report, quotes and other items of interest on this subject.

The issue will be dated February 1956, and appear on newsstands between January 15-25. Better subscribe, though, to be sure of your copy. See the address on page 4.

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