"Sex hygiene" is contrasted with "false modesty" in this frontispiece to an early 20th century book.

The social or mental hygiene movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was an attempt by Progressive-era reformers to control venereal disease, regulate prostitution and vice, and disseminate sexual education through the use of scientific research methods and modern media techniques. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 382 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (804 × 1260 pixel, file size: 54 KB, MIME type: image/png) Which will you choose? A man and a woman contemplate the choice between sex hygiene and false modesty. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 382 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (804 × 1260 pixel, file size: 54 KB, MIME type: image/png) Which will you choose? A man and a woman contemplate the choice between sex hygiene and false modesty. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... In the United States, the Progressive Era was a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s through the 1930s. ... Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), also known as sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), are diseases that are commonly transmitted between partners through some form of sexual activity, most commonly vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ... Whore redirects here. ... Vice is the opposite of virtue. ... Sex education is education about sexual reproduction in human beings, sexual intercourse and other aspects of sexual behaviour. ... Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. ...

Many reformers, such as Dr Marie Stopes, were also exponents of eugenics. Inspired by Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, they argued for the sterilisation of certain groups, even racial groups, in society. This link between racial hygiene and social hygiene can be seen in Australia, where the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales is now named The Family Planning Association. Marie Stopes (October 15, 1880 - October 2, 1958) was a Scottish author, campaigner for womens rights and pioneer in the field of family planning. ... Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution: Logo from the Second International Congress of Eugenics, 1921, depicting it as a tree which unites a variety of different fields. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Darwins illustrations of beak variation in the finches of the Galápagos Islands, which hold 13 closely related species that differ most markedly in the shape of their beaks. ... Sterilization can mean: Sterilization (surgical procedure) - an operation which renders an animal or human unable to procreate Sterilization (microbiology) - the removal of microbiological organisms This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Racial hygiene (often labeled a form of scientific racism) is the selection, by a government, of the most physical, intellectual and moral persons to raise the next generation (selective breeding) and a close alignment of public health with eugenics. ... Oral contraceptives. ...

Social hygiene as a profession grew alongside social work and other public health movements of the era. Social hygienists emphasized sexual continence and strict self-discipline as a solution to societal ills, tracing prostitution, drug use and illegitimacy to rapid urbanization. Social workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ... // Illegitimacy is a term that was once in common use for the status of being born to parents who were not validly married to one another. ...

The American Social Hygiene Association was formed in 1913. Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The movement remained alive throughout the 20th century and found its way into American schools, where it was transmitted in the form of classroom films about menstruation, sexually transmitted disease, drug abuse and acceptable sexual behavior in addition to an array of pamphlets, posters, textbooks and films. Social hygiene can also be things that people admire or hate about one another. For example their smell, their breath, if they have lice etc Menstrual cycle. ... Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. ... A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding). ... 1942 US government war poster. ... Two textbooks A textbook is a book that strives to teach a student about a particular discipline, usually academic, and they are usually divided into chapters based on subject area. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Suborders Anoplura (sucking lice) Rhyncophthirina Ischnocera (avian lice) Amblycera (chewing lice) Lice (singular: louse) (order Phthiraptera) are an order of over 3000 species of wingless parasitic insects. ...

See also

• Racial hygiene

Racial hygiene (often labeled a form of scientific racism) is the selection, by a government, of the most physical, intellectual and moral persons to raise the next generation (selective breeding) and a close alignment of public health with eugenics. ...

External links

• American Social Hygiene Posters - Online repository of social hygiene posters from the University of Minnesota
• The Prelinger Archives at the Internet Archive
• AV Geeks at the Internet Archive