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and dislnheritsd, gave up her natural rieht 70
| the soil and. consequently. to independence.
| In short. according to the author. the facts
| connected with the origin OF the Institution OF
marriage dem onstrats that wOmsn lost their
!ss:sncs and power not because Of their sex.
but because. through Htra-RentIle or extra
tribal marriages. they became foreigners and
| dependents in the homes OF their husbands.
In process OF time women bound to foreign
tribes by the children which had been born to
them while In the position OF captive slaves
began to accommodate them selves to the situ-
alton. But. in the opinion OF our author. such
accommodation meant degradation; the belisf
IL expressed that OF all the forms OF human
slavery which have been devised there has
probably never been one 50 degrading asis
that which has been prsctised within the
marital relation. nor one in which the ex-
trication Of the enslaved has been
matter Of such utter hopelessness. In the
primary status OF wife we behold woman
an alien and a stranger in the hut OF her
master. with no rights which any one Is bound
to respect. Torn from friends and homo. de-
pendent and suffering from the assaults OF her
worse than brutal owner she wakes to find
herself entom bed In a lszar house more loath-
some and foul thar the reeking cavern OF
hundred lepers She has. indeed, reached the
lowest depth Of physical prostration to which
the slave OF the unrestrained appetites OF her
keeper" II seems clear enough that. as
sexual slave. weakened by abuse. and terri
fed into obedience. woman would lose all
chance Of self. respect and in Independence; and.
from q seli-sustaining. liberty Glowing. free in
dividual. would become q chattel. menial.
mere pensioner on the bounty OF atyrannical
lord and masto. who. although to her de-
tested foreigner. had the power OF life and
death over her person. In process OF time.
when vast hordes began wars OF conquest and
spoliation, and when the men belonging to
the invaded country we're either taken prison
ers or slaves the women being ut-
lied "a wives. there was no longer
any security except in strength OF arms.
women had the fear OF captivity incessantly
before them. The author concludes chapter
on this subject with the following paragraph;
" Thus through the capture OF women for
wives and the subsequent control OF property
by males the ancient plan OF government
founded on female supremacy was over
thrown and those altruistic principles which
arc the legitimate outgrowth OF the free ma
ternal instinct. and which for thousands upon
thousands OF years had guided the race upon
its onward course. finally succumbed to sys-
tenn based on the dominion OF sexual passion
and physical force. When we remember the
conditions surrounding early society we may
we'll believe that civilization was gained not
because Of the fact that male power succeed
ed in gaining the ascendancy over female In
fuence. but In spite OF it. Given combina-
tion OF circ m nces involving the supremacy
OF the lower instincts In mankind. and the in
dividual ownership Of land. tho subsection OF
women. monarchy. and slavery. with all their
attendant evils. namely. overpopulation. dis |
ease. crime. and misery were sure to follow"