That does not mean that women will forget that nature has imposed upon them the duty of motherhood Aldous Hüxley visualized a brave new world in which babies were produced synthetically, but even though science might make this a practical possibility within a comparatively short while, human nature does not change so quickly. Except for a few mechanical gadgets, the differences between people of today and those of the Greek and Roman Empires of two or three thousand years ago are negligible. Therefore, it is safe to predict that even when another thousand years have passed woman's first and deepest instinct will be motherhood. definite place in commerce and an enormous influence on the manners terms women want. Ina world war who are born and of the mothers who bear them. The last war gave a tremendous impetus to infant welfare, and great reforms were instituted. But motherhood is still one of the dangerous occupations, and the bulk of the infant mortality rate occurs during the first few weeks of a baby's life. In other words, a child is pretty safe as soon as its mother can look after it. There is the gravest risk as long as the mother and child are in the care of others. Women will no longer tolerate that state of affairs. To abolish it they will take supreme command of the nation's infant we fare and motherhood services, and, to, ensure the rebuilding of a healthy nation, motherhood will be financially subsidized to a far greater extent than now seems possible, Thus, no matter whether a woman goes into business, or marries and brings up a family, the march of events will give her far greater power than she now possesses. She will feel herself to be a vital and important factor in the nation's economic system, and that will give her the poise, confidence, and assurance she now lacks. Today it is only the exceptional woman who is able to dominate circumstances. Most women still feel that their sex is a disadvantage and they may all be accomplished in five years, and, with the disappearance of feminine resentment, sex antagonism will soon become a dim memory.
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