In women, two almost divide the kind;
Those, only fixed, they first and last obey,
The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.”
[220] The Book of Manu, chap. IX, verse 7.
[221] The Book of Manu, verses 2 and 3.
[222] For the necessary relationship of vanity and modesty, see Chapter on Divorce, pp. [223-225] ante.
[223] Op. cit., p. 211.
[224] A vain man is just as dangerous when he has power; because he too judges his fellows only according to how they treat him.
[225] This tendency to add to personal attractions by cultivating intellectual interests is more particularly suspicious in the mature virgin, and in the young married woman who is either childless or has ceased to bear children. In both the waxing unconscious desire for fertilization calls forth the instinct to use every possible weapon to draw attention.
[226] See, for instance, Lecky, History of European Morals, Vol. II, p. 379: “Morally the general superiority of women over men is, I think, unquestionable ... they are more chaste both in thought and act” [!!!]. See also Vol. I, p. 145: “Sensuality is the vice of young men.” There is scarcely an English book on this subject that does not reiterate this insane legend. See also footnote on p. 308 ante.