Although Stanton was writing in an era where sexual research and medical knowledge were still rather antiquated, he attempts to give light to a subject which is rife with a Victorian sort of taboo. On the other hand, we find boys who have been brought up with great prudery and in complete ignorance of sex matters (save that which may come to them from impure sources) greatly excited and ashamed by the first appearance of the indications of puberty. xxx Instead, by analogy with the reproductive processes of all nature, the true facts of sex may be explained to him in a soothing and normal way.Evil communications
Too often, a boy receives his first lessons regarding sex from ignorant and vicious associates. Thus they may be made clear to him naturally and logically. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the scientific
