Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 / The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism

A fetichistic admirer of the nates only desired to see this region in innocent girls, not in prostitutes

that modesty may appear at a very early age if sexual desire appears early

Title: Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Author: Havelock Ellis
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Title: Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Author: Havelock Ellis
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this particular field the evil of ignorance is magnified by our efforts to suppress that which never can be suppressed, though in the effort of suppression it may become perverted.

Thus modesty is strictly inculcated on women in order that men may be safeguarded from temptation.

"A rule, how far, to teach, Your nakedness must reach."

To be without modesty, that is to say, to have no fear of the ordeals of love, one must be sure of one's self, of one's grace, of one's physical emotions, of one's feelings, and be sure, moreover, of the effect of all these on the nerves, the imagination, and the heart of another person

shyness is a premature consciousness of sex