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Over-training

Such over-training and false attitudes
towards sex can develop
frustrations and deviations. Also,
because sex is maltreated in the
minds of many, lives can be ruined
as a result of actions taken only
for the sake of appearances. Dr.
Sheppe gave as an example parents
who force their children to get
married when the girl has become
pregnant. He then cited the statistic
that 50 per cent of teen-age marriages
end in divorce.

In closing, Dr. Sheppe said that
the American society was guilty
of gross hypocrisy which has built
a stigma around sex and made it
a taboo subject. He said that it is
now time to approach sex with a
different, cleaner attitude, and treat
it as it is—an act of joy and love.