Sex at Choice

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In this bold and controversial memoir-like study, a determined woman sets out to solve the mystery of sex determination, arguing that women may influence the sex of their children by understanding the body's natural rhythms. Drawing on decades of observation, medical curiosity, family births, and personal correspondence, she presents herself as both investigator and witness, insisting that sex is fixed before conception by natural law rather than chance. Her theory centers on ovarian influence, the timing of conception, and the monthly workings of the female body, including menstruation, ovulation, and the alternating action of the left and right ovaries. Beyond its medical claims, the book is a forceful social argument for intentional motherhood, family limitation, and even eugenic improvement, while also challenging superstition, ignorance, and the inequities surrounding women's reproductive lives. It examines fertility, sterility, pregnancy, and the dangers of childbearing at the extremes of age, offering practical advice on diet, rest, posture, and bodily preparation. At the same time, it rejects extreme heredity doctrines, defends monogamous family life, and presents sex selection as a means of easing maternal suffering and shaping a healthier future.