L.A.S., Vienna, June 28, 1931, to a lady; 1 page in-8 at its letterhead Prof. Dr. Freud (small gap at the top edge, without loss of text; slight wetting and minor repairs; doubled letter); in German.
That the reforms in men's sexual lives ("Reformen im Sexualleben der Menschen") mentioned in his letter are desirable and necessary for the progress of human society, seems indisputable. It is also certain that they will be very difficult to initiate, and not without other changes in the social structure ("nicht ohne andern Abanderungen im sozialen Gefüge"). In Russia, there is now an attempt to leave these reforms to the discretion of the state.
What will happen to it cannot be guessed. So far, this looks rather promising. A person as young as his or her pen pal can wait until after the events....
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