OVER-RATED?
SEX IMPULSE STRENGTH,
* LONDON, January V. Too much importance is attached to the sex-instinct, says Dr. Cyril Burt, M.A., professor of psychology at University College, London, and enormous harm is done by popular, nonsensical statements. "The sex instinct is supposed to be so violent that it is difficult to withstand its temptations," he adds, "many being hypnotised into thinking that resistance is impossible. Hunger is a much moie violent instipct than sex, which comparatively is weak, as the instincts tend to die down. "It is wrong to suppose that immorality and promiscuity cannot be stemmed, as the sex instinct is not more violent than acquisitiveness or pugnacity, both of which we are able to control."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1934, Page 7
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116OVER-RATED? Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1934, Page 7
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