In this book the physical and emotional causes of sexual inadequacies, especially frigidity, in women are discussed; the measures to correct them are described, and suggestions are made and advice given on how to maintain happiness in the marital relationship.

With pleasant frankness, in readable style, the author fills a need in the literature of marital relations for laymen and doctors alike. He draws on a wide medical and psychiatric experience and analytical literature of the various schools of thought. Although Freud's ideas are given some respect the term 'Oedipus-complex' or '-problem' is strictly avoided. 'Electra-complex' is substituted for it, and it is a pity that the author has not made more use of Freud's Three Essays on the Theory of Sex. The excellent case material and the large variety of symptoms would have made a more coherent, more closely knit and clearer pattern.