One Flesh
Chapter Three
Advanced Sexual Physiology
In the final analysis, all active life principles, with which we are familiar, can be reduced to certain physical properties. That which we have, heretofore, considered unexplainable by our present knowledge of physical functioning is simply beyond our present ability to discern or understand. For instance, we as human beings, have five general physical senses. With these senses, we evaluate the universe around us. The pragmatist says, "If I can't see it, hear it, smell it, taste it, or feel it, it doesn't exist," but the wise man knows that each of our senses is limited and depends on certain physical characteristics within our body which are, in themselves, designed for only a certain spectrum of reception and evaluation. Our eye, for instance, can see only a certain spectrum of colors. Below a certain light vibration, we are unable to see infrared radiation. Beyond a certain point, we are unable to discern ultraviolet and other light radiations of higher vibration. While these higher and lower vibrations of light certainly exist, to our unaided eye they are invisible.
Our ear hears frequencies from approximately 20 Hertz to about 16,000 to 18,000 Hertz. But we know there is a whole world of sound beyond these limits which our ears ignore. Our sense of smell, while useful, is so inferior to that of the common dog, that this animal can perform feats of detection by his olfactory sense that are beyond the abilities of our most sensitive scientific instruments. By our sense of taste we are able to distinguish four, and only four, basic substances-sweet, sour, salt and bitter. Beyond this, our tongue offers little discrimination. Our sense of touch is useful and commendable, yet every physician knows how easily it can be confused and how inept it is at evaluating the fine distinctions so necessary to evaluate many pressure sensitive demarcations.
Modern man has, of course, extended his sensory reach well beyond his ordinary senses. He has developed scientific instruments of various forms and designs to extend each of these senses into realms heretofore unknown. In this way, man has discovered worlds which were completely unknown to him when he had only his unaided five senses to guide him. Many of the events and happenings that were great mysteries to early man have been readily explained as simple consequences of a normally functioning ordered universe by our scientific sense extensions. Our scientists are to be applauded for their constant efforts to extend our senses by mechanical means and thereby advance our understanding and appreciation of the great works of God which we call the Universe.
On the other hand, there is one characteristic of these dedicated men with which we take slight umbrage, and that is the tendency they have to deny the existence of any functioning mechanism or principle, which at their point in time of understanding and history, they cannot scientifically detect or explain. Their apparent feeling is that if it hasn't yet been discovered, it cannot exist. Until the Dutchman, van Leeuwenhoek showed them bacteria, through his early microscopes, bacteria did not exist. Until Galileo showed them the moons of Jupiter, they did not exist. Until Harvey showed that blood circulated, our scientists contended that it ebbed and flowed.
Is it too much to ask our men of science to be honest about the world and say, "This much we know, but beyond this we know not and, therefore, will not deny any possibility until we can prove it does not exist." Only in this way can our men of science be true to themselves, their fellowman and God."*
*Recently we were informed of a great deal of concern in the scientific community that an unknown force (besides gravity) may exist in our universe since the detected movements of matter in the heavens are not following predicted patterns of the gravity or "Big Bang" theories. Perhaps the only dogma more dangerous and dubious than that of the theologian is that of the scientist!
There are about us many unexplored and unexplained worlds of energy, activity and creativeness of which we know next to nothing. There are also powers and abilities within the human body that remain basically untapped by the majority of mankind. These abilities, powers and energies-as with all things in life-have simple, scientific, physical explanations. But, being beyond the evaluation of our finest scientific instruments, they are ignored by most investigators and have remained outside the general acceptance of the scientific community. It is possible, however, to understand a function or a faculty by the events that emanate from it without fully being able to measure it distinctively and scientifically. The wise man analyzes all things in life, and uses that which proves to be to his benefit whether or not science has yet a full and accepted explanation for it.
In the sexual sphere, there is an understandable, physical reason for all the consequences of sexual activity, be these consequences useful or be they harmful. That science has not yet been able to discover or measure these effects does not mean they do not exist. It only shows one of two things: either our scientific methods of detection at this time are not sufficiently sensitive to adequately discern their nature, or our interest has been insufficient to direct our scientific investigations in this direction. With these two possibilities in mind we shall look at the physiology of the human organs of reproduction and sexual activity. With this investigation we hope to establish a scientific theory showing a physiological function for sexual creativity and productiveness on the one hand and of sexual deterioration and degeneration on the other.
The Physiology of Male Sexual Creativity
Before it is possible for one to understand creative sexual physiology, it is necessary to understand basic sexual functioning. Forty years of private practice have taught me only too well that most people have a rather poor understanding of their own sexual physiology. The plethora of modern marriage manuals has helped to some degree, but most of these are read by people who already have a working knowledge of this subject and are rarely touched by those whose understanding of their own sexual organs and functioning is meager.
For our purposes here, the characteristics of male sexual functioning which relate to erection and ejaculation are not of particular interest and, therefore, the greater portion of our attention will be confined to the production, character and route of the male seminal fluid.
The seminal fluid, that body of substance which is ejaculated into the vagina of the wife during intercourse, is not produced in the testicles as is commonly thought but is a composite of substances from many distinct glands. The testicles provide only the spermatozoa, or sperm, and a non-viscid liquid sufficient only to allow for the transport of these fertilizing sperm from the ductus deferens to the seminal vesicles (please see accompanying Figure 1). The major part of the seminal fluid is made up of excretions from the prostate gland, the seminal vesicles, the bulbourethral glands (glands of Cowper) and the glands of Littre. The greater part of the seminal fluid is produced in the prostate gland and the seminal vesicles.
It was, at one time, thought that the sperm were stored in the seminal vesicles after being produced by the testes. It is now known that this is a false conclusion and that the seminal vesicles generally contain no sperm except a few that may enter there by reflux following ejaculation. The seminal vesicles, like the prostate gland, are basically excretory glands which supply certain vital elements of the seminal fluid. It is interesting to note, and germane to our discussion, that the fluid of the prostate gland, in reaction is slightly acid, while that of the seminal vesicles is slightly alkaline.
The greater bulk of the seminal fluid comes from the seminal vesicles. The next largest amount is provided by the prostate gland, and the smallest amount is produced by the glands of Cowper and Littre. The glands of Littre are small glands on either side of the urethra, the urethra being the tube which extends from the bladder to the tip of the penis through which both the seminal fluid and urine pass.
The generally accepted pathway of sperm and seminal fluid is in this fashion: The sperm are produced in the testes. When they are of a certain size they pass out of the testes, into the convoluted tube known as the epididymis. This convoluted tube in man, were it stretched out, would be 20 feet long. In this epididymis, the sperm absorb maturing substances secreted by small glands located in the walls and as they mature, they pass, through the action of small hairs along the tubes, into the main epididymal duct, one on each side. Here they remain in storage, until brought forth by sexual ejaculation. When a man is sexually aroused, the bulbourethral (Cowper's) glands and the periurethral (Littre's) glands secrete a small clear glycerine-like mucus which helps to lubricate the urethra and prepare it for the forthcoming ejaculation. It is felt that these secretions may also neutralize remnants of excess urinary acid and may even provide a coating for subsequent passing spermatozoa to increase their adhesion to the vaginal walls.
As sexual intercourse progresses to the point that ejaculation occurs, the whole of this process is carried along by a very delicate, intricately timed schedule. As sexual excitement reaches its summit, the relatively short and wide powerfully muscled, elastic walled vas deferens contracts, rapidly shortening the length by one-half or more. This creates a vacuum in the first section of the vas deferens and by the contracting shortening process sucks semen from the epididymal ducts. The process is probably assisted also by aroused cilia action and by secretory pressure. This action forces the sperm into the proximity of the duct of the seminal vesicles where this gland discharges its fluid to mix with semen. From here the combined fluid passes into the urethra where the prostate adds its fluid to that of the previous glands. The glands of Cowper at this time may add further substances to the bulk of the seminal discharge. From this point the whole of the seminal fluid is discharged into the vagina. The average amount of discharged seminal fluid usually ranges from 3 to 6 cubic centimeters, or approximately a tablespoon.
This physiological description is fully accepted by the majority of the scientific community. To me, however, the explanations of the purpose of each of these individual glandular contributions are generally unsatisfactory. A more in-depth understanding of this glandular activity is one of the basic elements that differentiates the philosophy of One Flesh sexuality from that of the more generally accepted "scientific" point of view.
The Seminal Fluid
As mentioned in an earlier part of this work, Nature has always proven very frugal with her creations. Her general rule is to make one part perform as many functions as can be designed into it and not to create a separate organ or gland unless there is no way its activity can be performed by a preexisting one. If we accept this concept, at least as a theoretical hypothesis, the apparent duplication of function in the production of the seminal fluid becomes most difficult to explain in light of the "scientific" reasons for the seminal fluid. If this seminal fluid serves no other purpose than that which is ordinarily accepted (merely as a carrier for the sperm) why are four or five distinct and separate complex glandular elements used to form its substance?
Actually, in truth, the production of the seminal fluid is much more complicated than I have described here. Dr. John F. Oliven, M.D., in his book entitled, Sexual Hygiene and Pathology,* goes even further than I dare, and has this to say about the seminal fluid:
*Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, A Manual for the Physician and the Professions, Second Edition, J. B. Lippincott Co., Phil., PA-1965
"Semen consists of spermatozoa suspended in seminal plasma which serves as their vehicle, nutrient, mobilizer and buffering agent. The plasma is a highly complex mixture derived from almost every portion of the excurrent ducts and accessory glands of the male genitalia. Among the constituents of semen have been identified proteins and amino acids, fructose, phosphorized fat, ascorbic acid, acid phosphatase, urea, lactic acid, various minerals, bactericidal substances (spermine), motility-furthering prostaglandin, flavins (responsible for the color of semen), fibrinolytic and proteolytic enzymes, colloidal coating agents, potent antigenic substances both in the spermatozoa and in the seminal plasma, and estrogen. Semen, like other body secretions in the majority of men, has specific iso-agglutinin properties corresponding to the individual's blood group."
Let me draw your attention to the second sentence by Dr. Oliven. The latest discoveries have shown, as he mentions, that there are secretory ducts along almost the entire portion of the male sexual anatomy. In truth, probably no other substance in the male body is so complex as the semen and this conclusion does not even exclude the blood itself. Science, as now constituted, can offer us no rational reason for this extreme complexity of the male semen. The purpose of the semen, as they describe it, is rather simplistic. They say it is but a vehicle to convey the spermatozoa into the vaginal tract. It should offer to the spermatozoa a certain amount of nutrition and be of such a pH (acidity or alkalinity) as to help preserve the life of the spermatozoa as long as is practical. (The spermatozoa lives best in an alkaline media, more poorly in an acid media.)
If this, so-called, view is not correct, what then is the exact purpose for this most complicated and exquisitely composed fluid? It is this: Beyond the prosaic purposes already attributed to it, the semen is a veritable feast of substances designed to help stabilize, nurture and regenerate the wife in whom it is ejaculated. It has within it enzymes, subtle hormones, ethereal substances and even germ-controlling agents that are vitally necessary for the complete integrity of the married woman.
It is interesting to note, that in a fraction of a second during ejaculation, there is combined the alkaline fluid from the seminal vesicles and the acid fluid of the prostate gland. This combination of acid and alkalinity produces energy. A true scientific energy. If you would like to see this for yourself, take some vinegar (acid) and baking soda (alkaline) and combine the two in a glass. Observe what happens. There is a great amount of foaming, heat produced and energy released. This is only one small and less ætheric part of the energy that is released in the vagina of the wife shortly after ejaculation. The greater part of the energy released by the combination of the semen and the vaginal fluids still eludes scientific investigation-mainly because there are few, if any, scientists willing or able to tackle this delicate subject.
To reiterate, the seminal fluid of the male is designed as a true feast for the vague and not so vague hungers of the real wife. The absorption of this fluid brings into her body substances and compounds that are not readily available in any other way. This exchange is one of the most vital cornerstones of the One Flesh union.
There are two points I want to make at this time to prevent future confusion and misunderstanding. First, the mere deposition of male semen into the female vagina does not mean that this semen can be constructively used by the woman into whom it is deposited. There are many subtle factors which must also occur concurrently before the proper utilization of the creative and health-giving substances can be satisfactorily used. These will be discussed later.
Second, it is not generally accepted by many scientists that the female vagina is able to absorb substances from the seminal fluid. It would seem that most of these men, however, are so industriously engaged in their laboratory efforts that they have failed to discuss this rather important subject with their wives or other married women. Any wife knows that if her husband ejaculates into her vagina in the evening and she makes no effort to remove the vital fluid, in the morning the vagina will be basically dry and clear of the seminal fluid. The question I ask is this: If it wasn't absorbed, were did it go? I am reminded of the scientists on the floating island in Gulliver's Travels. They were so devoted to theory that the simplest facts and explanations eluded them completely.
The Maturation of the Seminal Fluid
The proper maturation and production of sperm and seminal fluid tends to occur at specific time intervals. We are told in Dr. Oliven's monumental text that the sperm and the seminal fluid are once again at their peak of strength and vitality within three to five days following the last ejaculation.* If ejaculation occurs in a shorter time the spermatozoa and seminal fluid apparently do not have sufficient time to mature properly. If there is a longer time between sexual congress, the spermatozoa tend to die and disintegrate and are dissolved and absorbed in the ducts; there is also a certain diminution in the quality of the spermatic fluid. It is interesting to note that the great reformer, Martin Luther, hundreds of years ago (along with both Dr. Clymer and Dr. Randolph in more recent times) recommended that intercourse be carried out, on average, twice a week to be the most conducive to a constructive marriage. This recommendation would fall well within the mean of Dr. Oliven's modern scientific investigations. Again we see where wise men of the ages, from their own intuition and the observation of their fellow creatures, are able to establish solid principles of conduct for their fellowman, which may take centuries to scientifically validate. We have little doubt that all the principles laid down in this work will, in time, be fully scientifically validated. But why wait? Why not take advantage of the One Flesh sexuality today?
*As most men age, this time may increase. In this instance their own desire, assuming they are attempting to live the One Flesh marriage, may need to dictate the proper timing of the marriage act. However, a good husband does not forget his wife's needs even if his own desire diminishes with advancing age.
The Individuality of Semen
Dr. Oliven also noted that the microscopic appearances of seminal fluid varies greatly from individual to individual, and may vary from occasion to occasion in the same man. He also noted that medications and, possibly, some foods are capable of altering the appearance of the semen. Further, in his landmark text, Dr. Oliven has this to say regarding those things that may influence the nature of semen, "Semen being a fairly sensitive indicator of disturbed body physiology and to some extent of psychology, the microscopic pattern can be altered drastically by various endogenous states, as well as by a multitude of exogenous agents-starvation, fever, bacterial and especially viral agents, certain stress situations, psychotic and severe neurotic syndromes, major allergic reactions, prolonged absorption of substances such as alcohol, narcotics, antibiotics, and psychotropic substances, heavy metals, certain industrial poisons, medication with certain hormones." Once again we find science proving what has been taught by both Drs. Randolph and Clymer for many years. That is, that the general state of health of the husband, not only the physical health, but the emotional and psychological health as well, plus various medications and toxic substances he may take into his body, will, using Dr. Oliven's own words, "definitely downgrade the seminal fluid." It is easy to see that this downgraded seminal fluid could in no way offer the wife the regenerative faculties and qualities to which she is entitled. Therefore it behooves every husband, who truly loves his wife and wishes to give her her biological due, to take as good care of his body and emotional health as he possibly can.
This revolutionary concept gives a new meaning to the Biblical verse, "If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." It also helps provide an explanation of why our doctors' offices are filled with neurotic wives, why our divorce rate is soaring constantly, and why our children are being born defective, deformed, hyperactive, retarded, etc. Again to quote Saint Paul, "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." We can see plainly that this Biblical admonition is based on firm scientific medical data: If we are to build a truly regenerative race of mankind, we must start here. A weakened spermatozoa and a devitalized seminal fluid cannot and will not produce a strong healthy race.
Creative Sexual Physiology of the Wife
In discussing the sexual physiology of the wife, our scientific information is much more inconclusive than is that of the husband. This is true because much of a woman's sexuality and creative sexual exchange during intercourse is of a vibratory and neurological nature and it is far more difficult to describe or to analyze contributions of this nature than it is to place semen under a microscope. During sexual excitement and intercourse, however, the wife is not without her secretory or what I like to call "hormonal" contributions. The 1974 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica states that no glands are present in the vaginal lining and the mucus present has been secreted by the glands in the cervical canal of the uterus. This may be scientifically accurate as far as it goes, but Dr. Oliven, on page 200 of his book, Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, astute investigator and scientist that he is, has more information for us. He states, "Early during coital arousal drops of moisture, believed to be transudate, appear along the vaginal walls." We see, therefore, that when a thorough investigator examines a situation, the findings are often different from those produced by a more casual evaluation.
While there are no demonstrable glands in the vagina, analogous to those along the sexual tract of the male, there is an exudate produced in the walls of the vagina in preparation for entrance of the male organ. Also, as mentioned by both the Britannica and Dr. Oliven, a mucous is produced by the cervix (the mouth of the womb or uterus) and this too helps lubricate the vaginal tract.
Over a hundred years ago this vaginal moisture, mentioned by Dr. Oliven, was referred to as the female sexual lochia by Dr. P. B. Randolph. According to Dr. Randolph, there were substances in this lochia just as vital to the physical and emotional economy of the husband as was the seminal fluid vital to the well-being of the wife. The lochia, or vaginal exudate, is a far more subtle and complicated compound than the seminal fluid, and its composition and excretion are far more dependent upon the emotions, feelings and desires within the heart and soul of the woman than is the seminal fluid dependent upon these same feelings within the man. As Dr. Randolph used to teach, a man who does not love a woman can still ejaculate his seminal fluid into her vagina, but if a woman does not love a man, her lochia will not flow, or if it does flow, it will be as poison to his system-destructive and not constructive.
Besides the secretions described above, the woman also has secretions from the minor vestibular glands (the glands around the vaginal opening) and also from the two rather large (by comparison) Bartholin's glands which lie on either side of the vaginal orifice. These glands all play a part in the hormonal exchange during constructive sexual intercourse. However, it is probably the substances secreted by the cervix and the vaginal walls that are most important and vital to the physical and emotional integrity of the husband.
These female fluid substances are absorbed by the husband in the head of the penis and are gradually absorbed during the act of in and out movements during sexual intercourse. There is little female absorption until the time of ejaculation and then the absorption takes place slowly over a period of several hours following sexual intercourse.
One other vital factor governing this absorption is the affinity or lack of affinity between the absorbing part and the absorbable substance. Dr. Oliven's research and discoveries have revealed how delicately balanced these fluids are and how such an apparent minor thing as emotional instability or drugs, such as antibiotics, can markedly affect the makeup of these substances. If these substances are changed adversely, it is possible that they will not be absorbed, due to the differences in acidalkaline balance between the man and the woman, or due to possible allergic-like reactions set up between husband and wife. Remember, Dr. Oliven states, "Semen, like other body secretions in the majority of men, has specific iso-agglutinin properties corresponding to the individual's blood group." It is very possible that under certain circumstances (discussed in later sections) these "iso-agglutinin properties" may well cause any fluid exchange to be less than desired or even detrimental to both parties involved in the sexual union.
The Requirements for Constructive
Fluid Exchange
While the first and foremost requirement for One Flesh creative sex between a husband and a wife is for an unimpeded exchange of sexual fluids between them, this is only the first of many requirements necessary to assure the most productive use of the sex act and to truly assure a One Flesh marriage. The gifts of sexual love must not only be exchanged, they must be accepted gratefully and then utilized fully and properly before their full potential can be realized. It is no mean task for a wife to constructively adapt to her husbands's seminal fluid.
The first and foremost requirement for a wife to enjoy the feast offered by the seminal fluid is for her to truly love her husband. If a woman truly loves the man who is depositing his semen within her vagina, generally her body will, within a short time, adapt to his semen and use it to help promote her needs and desires. However, if a woman engages in sexual intercourse with a man she does not love, for any reason whatsoever, his seminal fluid will create within her an antipathy that would be the same as if he injected a slow virulent poison into her system.
Is such a statement too strong? Not if we look at the recent scientific evidence as discussed by Dr. Oliven. Dr. Oliven says that semen in the majority of men has "specific iso-agglutinin properties corresponding to the individual's blood group." What does this mean in layman's language? It means that each man's semen is as individual as is his blood and during sexual intercourse an action takes place that is tantamount to a blood transfusion, except that it is of a much more subtle and esoteric nature.
The woman's emotions at the time of ejaculation can so affect her own secretions as to create an allergic-like reaction within her vagina toward the seminal fluid of a man she does not love. Her fluids and his semen will conflict with one another, much in the same way that an incompatible blood transfusion conflicts; her body becomes a battlefield and she is the victim of an undeclared and undesired hostility.
While on this subject, there are many other factors to consider. Since semen is a very individual blood-like entity and since it takes some time for the female reproductive and nervous system to adapt fully and constructively to the seminal fluid of any man, you can surmise from your present knowledge what might happen should a woman have sexual relations with two or more men within a short period of time. It is as if several incompatible bloods were transfused into her system, only the workings of the multiple seminal fluids are much subtler than with blood.
The Effects of Promiscuity
Once a woman's system has adapted to one seminal fluid, any other semen introduced becomes a foreign substance, an alien compound with which her delicate nervous and glandular systems react-sometimes violently. This reaction produces within her a variety of adverse effects which will vary depending on her own inherent nature and understanding.
In some women the nervous and emotional agitation produced by promiscuity is interpreted as a form of sexual excitement. Congestion and irritation are produced in her sexual organs which she feels may be relieved by more sexual relationships and intercourse. Unfortunately, each new partner only further inflames her sexual sensibilities by adding to the allergic-like reactions already taking place in her body. She soon finds that no man is fully capable of satisfying what can eventually become an almost insatiable lust. In this process most of her finer, more constructive and more loving qualities are destroyed as they are fed as fuel to the all-consuming lustful fires burning within her. If this situation continues long enough, she will soon have little desire except for the most obvious and physical of sexual expression. She becomes little more than a human bitch, enticing any and all to enter her once- sacred vault and discharge their offering. Occasionally such women may stop themselves in time, usually through the love of one trusting man, and drag themselves back to a useful and constructive sexual life, but such is the exception, not the rule.
For other women, the fires of sexual promiscuity, the intermixing of various seminal fluids, create a variety of female diseases, neurotic tendencies, remorse, depression and finally even suicide.
As I write these words, I am reminded of the countless number of women I have treated clinically in the past forty years. During this time, I know of no exception to the foregoing consequences, except to say that, as with any harmful act, the extent of the damage is directly related to the extent and length of the action. A woman who has occasional promiscuous relationships will not escape, but obviously the damage incurred is not as great as that to those to whom it becomes a way of life.
As with most things in life, time is also a factor to be considered. The effect of one man's fluids and vibrations on a woman wear off in time. It is this fact that allows divorce and remarriage to occur without greater damage than now takes place. The time interval, incidentally, for those contemplating divorce or separation, should be approximately six months. That is to say, it takes approximately six months from after the last intercourse with one man for the effect of his seminal fluid to "wear off" before a woman should attempt sexual relations with another man. A shorter time than this will incur a certain degree of the reactions described above.
Today, with "safe sex" (a euphemism for condom sex) touted on all sides, much of the promiscuous activity indulged in by men and women does not proceed without the ubiquitous "rubber." While this may reduce the variety of male semen deposited in a woman's vagina, it has no effect on the conflicting vibrations of the various men (and in the case of wandering men, women) with whom she has engaged in sexual congress. More than this, by the use of the condom, she places herself in a situation in which she is, in essence, stepping out of the frying pan into the fire. As will be discussed in a later chapter, while "bare" promiscuity may have a disastrous effect on her body, the habitual use of the condom is able to directly effect her soul as well.
In men, the effect of sexual promiscuity is perhaps not quite as great as that in women. However, no one can escape the Law, and the conflict of various lochia (the vaginal excretion of women) is not without effects very similar to that of mixed semen in women. It is true, however, that promiscuity is much more dangerous to a woman than to a man.* Since the woman has far more to gain from a true One Flesh marriage, she has most to lose if she casts this aside for the allure of the promiscuous life.
*This, of course, excludes AIDS. Due to the nature of this infection, anal sex, engaged in by most homosexual men, is far more inclined to pass the infective agent than is normal heterosexual vaginal sex.
Before leaving this subject, I might mention as of some interest, that from counseling a number of prostitutes in different parts of our country, I have found that many of them use no form of contraception at all, and yet have never become pregnant. When questioned about this, they all replied that the consensus within their profession is that the admixture of semen within them during the course of their work would automatically kill off the sperm of any one man and keep them from becoming pregnant. Science has, to my knowledge, never investigated this subject, but the extensive experience of these "ladies of the night" leads me to accept their conclusions as correct. If the effect of warring semen is great enough to prevent conception by the destruction of the spermatozoa, can we but imagine the effect it has upon the women in whose vaginas this battle takes place?