Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
The false view of woman’s being instinctively monogamous—The     Adam and Eve myth and what it symbolises—Woman’s inevitable     power over man—The beginnings of marriage—The maternal form—The     personal relationship in marriage dependent on patriarchy—Its     advantages in fixing the father to the family and the service     of the home—Polygamy the most ancient form of marriage under     father-right—Polygamy tends to disappear as social life     develops—Monogamy the permanent form of marriage—Its supreme     advantage over all other marriage forms—Our preference for     monogamy goes beyond laws and religion—It is the best way     we have yet found of men and women living together—The     stupidity of profligacy—False intellectual views of life and     of right and wrong—The sexually masterful lover—Misuse of the     word love—The function of passion—Women regard love from a     standpoint of unreality—The Christian view of marriage too     materialistic and too ascetic—How this has reacted disastrously     on marriage—The immense disturbing power of the sex emotions—We     need the limiting safeguards of legal marriage—The ideal of     faithfulness—The refixing of moral standards.