It is claimed by some that the offspring resulting from an orgastic 

act is apt to be healthier and better developed than offspring 

resulting from sexual intercourse in which the parties experience no 

orgasm. The reason given being that conception in the first instance 

taking place quickly, the spermatozoa are better nourished and more 

vigorous. In my opinion this is merely a fanciful hypothesis which 

needn't be taken seriously. 

It will be found rather frequently that women of strong passionate 

natures, with strong orgastic feelings, and normal in every way, fail 

to become mothers. A careful investigation of their menstrual 

discharge will show that _it is not because they failed to conceive_, 

but because the impregnated ovum is expelled each time; in other 

words, they have each month a miniature miscarriage. And these 

miscarriages, or rather abortions, are due to the spasmodic 

contractions of the uterus and its adnexae which accompany the orgasm. 

In such cases I have advised the woman to try to remain passive during 

the act, to repress the orgasm, and the results have in some instances 

shown the wisdom of my advice. After conception has taken place, after 

one period has been missed, the woman should abstain from intercourse 

altogether or at least for two or three months until the fetus is 

securely attached to, or ensconced in, the uterus. 

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO 

FRIGIDITY IN WOMEN 

Meaning of Term Frigidity--Types of Frigidity--Large Percentage of 

Frigid Women--Repression of Sexual Manifestations and Frigidity-- 

Frigidity and Masturbation--Frigidity and Sexual Weakness of 

Husband--Frigidity and Dislike of Husband--Organic Causes of 

Frigidity--A Frigid Woman May Become Passionate--Treatment of 

Frigidity. 

The word frigidity means coldness, and when a woman has no desire for 

sexual relations or experiences no pleasure when she has sexual 

relations, she is said to be frigid. 

Some cases suffer only from lack of desire, others only from lack of 

pleasure, and still others from both. In some cases the frigidity is 

congenital, that is, the lack of desire with inability to experience 

pleasure during the act is inborn. In most cases, however, it is 

acquired, or is only temporary, and is due to various causes. 

Frigidity is much more widespread among women than it is among men. 

Some physicians claim it is present in fifty per cent. of all women. 

This may be an exaggeration, but if we put the number at twenty-five 

per cent. we will be quite near the truth. 

The causes of frigidity in women are many, but here are the most 

important ones: First and foremost is the repression of all sexual 

manifestations which the unmarried woman has to practice, and has had 

to practice for many centuries. So that a part of the frigidity is