Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

THERE are two classes of sexual disorders in men, the venereal diseases or infections on the one hand, and the various sexual weaknesses and disturbances of function on the other. Through proper instruction and right living both, however, may be avoided. In this and the chapters immediately following we will consider the various special weaknesses […]

WE are rapidly outgrowing the idea that a young man must necessarily pass through the grossest sort of immoralities in order to graduate into a decent specimen of the masculine sex. “Sowing wild oats” is in itself a pleasing phrase. It is a nice way of referring to immoralities of the vilest sort. This “sowing” […]

FEW marriages are free from occasional misunderstandings. In fact, life at its best is rarely serene and calm day after day. There are almost sure to be troublesome periods. A man and a woman marry. During the courtship period the delights of their association have harmonized all their differences. But the closer relationship of marriage […]

“AM I a man?” When this query cannot be answered satisfactorily, when you feel that there is a doubt as to the possession of the qualities essential to true manhood, then indeed is your position difficult. You will at least realize the necessity for facing, squarely and honestly, a problem that is momentous. Are you […]

THOUGH jealousy is commonly looked upon as a manifestation of the evil side of one’s character, it is in reality the expression of an instinct that performs a definite and important service. In the perpetuation of the human race the sanctity of the home is one of the most important factors. A wife must be […]

A MAN faces a serious problem indeed when he finds that his wife has been unfaithful. Happiness in the home is utterly impossible where conditions of this sort exist. And the more deeply the husband loves his wife the keener will be the mental torture that will come with the knowledge of her infidelity. No […]

THE idea prevails that a love once lost cannot not be recalled, that within the ashes of a dead love no vital spark remains. Is this conclusion justified in every instance, or can one hope to revive a dead love? In other words, if you have made a failure of your marriage and the love […]

DIVORCE is a much discussed subject. Laws have been enacted to control divorce. The men who have placed these restrictions upon the statute books know little or nothing of the physiological laws involved in marriage. They have imbibed certain theories, as a result of their environment, in reference to the intimate relations of marriage that […]

THERE may be some excuse at times for abortion. But in nine cases out of ten such excuses are imaginary, and the destructive influence of such interference with the plan of the Almighty is often terrible in character. We have no right to tamper with God’s laws. Within the recesses of the prospective mother’s womb […]

THE love of children is innate in every human heart. The yearning for the prattling voice of a child pulls at the heart-strings of the possible mother in a manner that is insistently dominating. It is natural that a man should love a child—any child. But it is imperative that he should love and yearn […]