The thesis of this book seems to be that the

American sexual tragedy, which the author documents in so detailed and convincing a manner, is the outcome of what he calls 'taught' or 'learned' attitudes. These he deplores in that they sometimes require many hours of psychotherapy to correct.

His description of the hotch-potch of mutually contradicting laws of conduct which prevail in America could be applied equally well to Europe or to many other parts of the world.

Much that he says certainly needs saying and should be said, if only as a step towards a greater awareness of the amount of avoidable human suffering which exists in the complicated human relationships involved.