The Archive · 1935

Equality in Practice

What is the meaning of this equality which has been achieved? Does it mean that women wish to have more freedom for sex cence and extra. marital relationships? might be this—but it is not! Women are trying to bring up the level of, sex morality for men to the same evel which they have been forced by circumstances to hold through the ages. Their new education, their economic freedom, and the use Jot birth control has not made them wish to break up family life. They Jare simply using these forces as a basis upon which they may now rejquire men to raise their own stand-lards of sex behaviour. In the past. women had to sit by and accept the actions of their husbands. To-di this is no longer necessary. Is this not a hopeful sign? There will emerge Jo healthier conception of marriage relationships. present "we are in a period of transition between the old and new." A new morality is arising. [We can not change the old at once Evidence of this was found in a case Jwhich recently came before the dis-strict court in which a married man was sentenced to prison for having extra marital relationships with 9 woman. He is now serving a prison sentence. His Yamily of wife and three children are without means of support during his prison sentence, [This is not ideal as a solution of the strongly for the success of the move-problem.

But building new ment, looking as we do from the point|standards of morality will inevit-of view of the future of foreign trade, ably bring pain to some.

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