Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
CONTENTS OF CHAPTER VIII  THE FAMILY AND THE HOME       Attacks on the family not likely to destroy it—Dominance of     the male may be changed without altering the fundamental     ideal of the family—Bernard Shaw ignorant of human needs—Two     statements by H. G. Wells—The inhuman ideals of intellectual     reformers—Trained hands to replace mother’s love—Foolish egoism     the basis of the whole argument—The sweated victim of an     industrial age is the ideal emancipated woman—The power of the     mother in non-industrial societies—Modern uncertainty and want     of a fixed standard of conduct—The extension of women’s work     during the war—Is it of benefit to the coming generation—Can     the mother both work outside the home and give sufficient     care to her children—Woman’s subordinate qualities are man’s     dominant qualities—Hence the wastefulness of rivalry in the     same work—Early experiments in communist families—The child’s     need for a home of its own—We must insist on conditions that     will make home life possible—Types of mothers—The personal     rights of the child—The position of the father—The father can     be detached from the family—This harmful—The child’s need for     the care of both its parents—The home exposed to danger—It     awaits a fresh inspiration to turn back and hold the desires of     women.