It is the business of these great masters to produce in every age a general misdirection of what may be called sexual 'taste'. This they do by working through the small circle of popular artists, dressmakers, actresses and advertisers who determine the fashionable type. The aim is to guide each sex away from those members of the other with whom spiritually helpful, happy, and fertile marriages are most likely.
"In every age" is so absolutely true. What was fashionable in 1941 when this was written is certainly different from now, but those principles remain. And how many young people do we see who are infatuated with the images of those on television or in fashion or gossip magazines and who ignore their peers who would indeed aid them spiritually in a very happy marriage?
As a result we are more and more directing the desires of men to something which does not exist--making the role of the eye in sexuality more and more important and at the same time making its demands more and more impossible. What follows you can easily forecast!
In our age of photoshop and digital imaging, this has never been more true. These impossible demands can only lead to disappointment in lust. What a terrible place to be.
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