Petting Prepares the Body for the Marriage Relation

Petting, as the term is often used among young people, referring to the intimate fondling and embracing which cause strong sex ex­citement, is intended only for mates. Normally, the body prepares itself for its various functions. For example, the sight and smell of food causes the blood to go to the stomach of a hungry person and starts saliva to running in the mouth and gastric juice in the stomach, to digest food. Fear causes certain glands to secrete extracts which in the blood prepare the body for violent action. Fear causes the eyes to dilate to see any danger. Fear automati­cally causes the breathing to be deeper, and the body takes in more oxygen, preparing to fight or run. So petting stimulates the body to prepare for the sex act. Blood vessels are enlarged near the sex organs and they are filled with blood, become larger and more sensitive, increasing sex desire. Certain glands are stimulated to discharge secretions, In the man the semen is produced more rapidly, and millions of germ cells are prepared. The condition of the body then cries out for mating. The heart beats faster, the breathing may be deeper. This condition is caused by hugs, kisses, and such necking, spooning or petting as is customary among young people. It is caused by the close physical contact of the dance. It is also caused when the mind and imagination become centered on sex matters, as in observing a sex movie or reading sex stories, seeing nude pictures or the exposed bodies of the opposite sex.

This stimulation, particularly in the case of the man, is not temporary. The large amount of the sex fluid produced in the male organs has a tendency to cause recurring sex desire until it is released, either in a sex union or in self-abuse or in a "wet dream." Wet dreams coming oftener than a few weeks apart are likely caused by extra sex stimulation.

Even the memory of petting continues to stir the imagination and sex desire long afterward.

All thoughtful married people know that what I say here is true, and young people who have indulged in petting and have care­fully analyzed what took place know there is terrible temptation in petting.