The task of social hygiene / by Havelock Ellis.

  • Havelock Ellis
Date:
1927
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Credit: The task of social hygiene / by Havelock Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    xvi THE TASK OF SOCIAL HYGIENE PAGS tant Activities of the Suffragettes—Their Services and Dis¬ services to the Cause—Advantages of Women's Suffrage—Sex Questions in Germany—Bebel—The Woman's Rights Move¬ ment in Germany—The Development of Sexual Science in Ger¬ many—The Movement for the Protection of Motherhood—Ellen Key—The Question of Illegitimacy—Eugenics—Women as Law¬ makers in the Home » . i ... 67 IV.—The Emancipation of Women in Relation > to Romantic Love The Absence of Romantic Love in Classic Civilization—Marriage as a Duty—The Rise of Romantic Love in the Roman Empire— The Influence of Christianity—The Attitude of Chivalry—The Troubadours—The Courts of Love—The Influence of the Re¬ naissance—Conventional Chivalry and Modern Civilization— The Woman Movement—The Modern Woman's Equality of Rights and Responsibilities excludes Chivalry—Мелу Forms of Romantic Love still remain possible—Love as the Inspiration of Social Hygiene . . . . . . 113 V.—The Significance of a Falling Birth-rate The Fall of the Birth-rate in Europe generally—In England—In Germany—In the United States—In Canada—In Australasia —Crude Birth-rate and Corrected Birth-rate—The Con¬ nection between High Birth-rate and High Death-rate — Natural Increase measured by Excess of Births over Deaths —The Measure of National Well-being—The Example of Russia—Japan—China—The Necessity of viewing the Question from a wide Standpoint—The Prevalence of Neo-Malthusian Methods—Influence of the Roman Catholic Church—Other Influences lowering the Birth-rate—Influence of Postponement of Marriage—Relation of the Birth-rate to Commercial and Industrial Activity—Illustrated by Russia, Hungary, and Aus¬ tralia—The Relation of Prosperity to Fertility—The Social Capillarity Theory—Divergence of the Birth-rate and the Mar¬ riage-rate—Marriage-rate and the Movement of Prices—Pros¬ perity and Civilization—Fertility among Savages—The lesser fertility of Urban Populations—Eff'ect of Urbanization on Physi¬ cal Development—Why Prosperity fails permanently to increase Fertility—Prosperity creates Restraints on Fertility—The pro¬ cess of Civilization involves Decreased Fertility—In this Respect it is a Continuation of Zoological Evolution—Large Families as
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