02730cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500280014626400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032449000300036050000310039050801850042152015140060653400650212065300210218570000470220683000300225385600660228385600430234976836UtSlPG20260610134759.0mcr n260607r20251926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHQ1 aOppenheim, James,d1882-193214aThe common sense of sex 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aLittle blue book no. 1089  aRelease date is 2025-09-07  aTim Miller, Daniel Lowe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The common sense of sex by James Oppenheim" is a short work of popular psychology and sex education written in the early 20th century. It presents a clear, non-puritan view of sexuality, blending psychoanalytic ideas with practical guidance, and argues that sexual life is natural, varied, and best approached with informed common sense.  The book surveys Freud’s account of infantile sexuality, fixation, perversion, and sublimation; contrasts it with Jung’s critiques, his introvert–extravert types, and the four functions (thinking, feeling, intuition, sensation) to show why sexuality differs so widely among individuals. It evaluates claims about a “third sex,” reframing them as mixtures of masculine and feminine principles present in everyone, and emphasizes Havelock Ellis’s “art of love,” where foreplay and mutual responsiveness elevate the act. The author warns against universal moral codes, explaining how fear, repression, mismating, and social pressures (fear of pregnancy, anxiety about impotence, rigid monogamy) distort desire, while misplaced creative energy can fuel perversions or crusading zeal. He urges sex education, compassionate guidance for youth (including handling auto-erotism), nuanced views on homosexuality and prostitution, and flexible, humane arrangements in adult relationships. It closes with an ideal of love that unites tenderness, passion, and respect, encouraging couples to find their own ethical way. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cGirard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1926  aSex (Psychology)1 aHaldeman-Julius, E.q(Emanuel),d1888-1951 0aLittle blue book no. 10894 uhttps://archive.org/details/commonsenseofsex1089oppe/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76836