Manhood

Clement Wood says the adolescent boy faces life with his eyes “largely closed”—and that silence may leave him learning about his body from rumor and fear. What if someone simply told him the facts?

In this early-twentieth-century handbook, Wood takes aim at the taboos that keep parents and schools from speaking frankly about sex. He follows a boy through the changes of adolescence, arguing for knowledge, physical well-being, self-command, and a more equal respect between men and women. His advice reflects the convictions and assumptions of its time, but his central challenge is plain: ignorance does not protect the young; it leaves them to make sense of life unaided. Can honest instruction clear the mists Wood sees gathering at the threshold of manhood?

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