The Washington herald., 1920-11-14
WOMEN MUST
FREEDOM
Feminism Means Commun-
ism-Gospel Of Free
Union, Author States.

~ Dotf0h otrIaNE LIZ boNs
Author Of ~PsyckoieEy ef Meaeru
Tiness- Member ef the Isstftste
OF Franeet Member Of the
Academy Frnscsise.
PARIS. Nov. 13.-As a man. I am
feminist. AS from the point OF
view Of a woman. / am not a fem
mist There you have summed up
my entire viewpoint on the most
discussed problem OF the age
In their absurdly outrageous fight
for their rights" women DO not
see that they have more 10 lose than
to gain by winning these rights"
They say: We want freedom,
Vive la feminismt" But what Is
'feminism7" They do not know.
But do. II is communIsm-noth-
Ing more, nothing lessi II is the
once what this feminism really is,
and not a suffragist would be left.
Purpose Of Marriage.
Marriage was Instituted for one
purpose-to oblige the NAME con-
centrate his entire life to one wom-
an There Is much reason in the
church's stand against divorce. II
took centuries OF civilization to ar
rive at this institution all in favor
OF woman. and now. unconsciously.
they would renounce IT,
Ages ago women were considered
as the property of a tribe. and later
one woman was considered as be-
longing to one family. Even now,
In Cashmere. India, several Brothers
often marry the same woman. In
the "Ramayana." most celebrated OF
extreme Oriental works. the Ave
sons Of the King Pondava marry
the beautiful Dranpadi, who had
eyes like a golden lotus"
where Feminism Leads.
Is this what our lovely sister.
want. with their feminism? Do
they want to turn back the leaves
of the centuries to the days when
they were like cattle in the scheme
OF things, No: certainly not; but Il
is precisely there that feminism
leads.
What says the Code? The man
must aid and protect his woman"
When the woman shall be the abso-
Lutte equal Of the man she will GER
tafnly no longer be entitled to aid
and protection: therefore. since mar
riage is for this purpose alone, there
VIII be no more marriage.
What will happen? The woman
will find herself abandoned. and
there will ensue again the time Of
irreparable outrage"
Another logical consequence: ma
tality. already so grsvely diminish
ed in our epoch. will be entirely
suppressed when women have the
ideas and culture of men.
Feminism VIII XIII Love.
To put a child into the world and
TO bring IL up demands a sum Of de-
votion, Of courage, of heroism which
cannot be furnished except from the
wellsprings of maternal love. But
feminism would analyze and dissect
maternal love; and sentiment dis
sected quickly disappears
Not only will feminism Kill ma
ternal love. but Il will sIay. also, all
love, for the same reason.
The maternal instinct will not be
abolished. but will be diminished to
such degree that the result will be
the total extinction, gradual. but
none the less sure, of the human
race.
That this will be so is seen in the
rise and fall Of the Roman Empire.
The empire of the Caesars fell be-
cause the Roman women refused TO
become mothers.
sharp Decline In Births
Adeady in our time the natalfty
Is only too terribly compromised.
In France the child exists only'when
II is necessa-y-in the families OF
countrymen, whose children at the
age of become workmen, and
In the families OF workmen for the
same reason.
Moro children are born in one
street of a workers quarter than In
the entire aristocratic neighborhood
Of the Champs Elysees,
Again, intellectual culture. which
I consider as little useful TO women.
I is the surest destroyer Of house
wifely qualities. Women accustomed
TO doing mems work acquire a hor-
ror Of humble domestic occupations
such as cooking, mending and keep
ing a house as it should be kept.