Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English, credited to Henry Stanton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English by Henry Stanton. Read in English by Phil Chenevert Henry Stanton was appalled at the shocking lack of information given to young people about sex and reproduction in his time (mid 1800s). He felt this was a crime that needed to be fixed and so he wrote this book explaining sex for young and old. Ignorance of basic reproductive processes he felt led to experimentation that then led to sin, crime and prostitution. While this book is definitely not written in what I would call Plain English, contains some very questionable 'facts' about masturbation and menstruation and might seem very moralistic and dogmatic to our current society, he does hold out high ideas for all in affairs of self respect, love and marriage. If nothing else, this is a delightful peek into the thoughts of almost all people our very recent country's past(Summary by the reader, Phil Chenevert )

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sex: Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English
• Author credits: Henry Stanton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 1:45:31

Catalogue topics

• sex
• reproduction

Track guide

1. 01 - SEX — 13:15
2. 02 - THE TRANSITION FROM CELL TO HUMAN BEING — 14:20
3. 03 - SEX IN MALE CHILDHOOD — 10:14
4. 04 - SEX IN FEMALE CHILDHOOD — 7:19
5. 05 - SEX IN THE ADOLESCENT MALE (FROM PUBERTY TO MATURITY) — 9:16
6. 06 - SEX IN THE ADOLESCENT FEMALE (FROM PUBERTY TO MATURITY) — 14:04
7. 07 - SEX IN THE MARRIAGE RELATION THE HUSBAND — 3:58
8. 08 - SEX IN THE MARRIAGE RELATION THE WIFE — 14:42
9. 09 - SEX DISEASES — 7:33
10. 10 - LOVE AND SEX — 10:50

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