In England at the present moment there are two million more women than men. And the worst of it is that they are denominated not extra, not excessive, but superfluous. Have you ever, for even one agonizing moment, felt: yourself a superfluous feminine unit? Then fancy that feeling multiplied by two million.
Professor Geddes' concern over the situation goes deeper than economic worry over the two million taking bread out of men's mouths or the annoyance of finding women i: the way at every turn. He says, these are his cruel words: The preponderance of women in the world as a result of the war threatens a social debasement perhaps worse by far than any previous listorie disaster, and as civilization is high or low according as women are at a premium or at a discount a coming discount of women is imminently threatened and is indeed in accelerating progress.'"
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