E. B. G.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| [Preface to Second Edition] | iii | |
| Preface to First Edition | v | |
| [PART I] | ||
| THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| [I].— | Development of the Organism | 3 |
| [II].— | The Origin of Sex Differences | 14 |
| [III].— | Male Organic Defects | 35 |
| [IV].— | The Development of the Social Instinctsand the Moral Sense | 63 |
| [V].— | The Supremacy of the Male | 74 |
| [PART II] | ||
| PREHISTORIC SOCIETY | ||
| [I].— | Method of Investigation | 95 |
| [II].— | The Relations of the Sexes amongEarly Mankind | 104 |
| [III].— | The Gens Women under GentileInstitutions | 123 |
| [IV].— | The Origin of Marriage | 159 |
| [V].— | The Mother-Right | 203 |
| [VI].— | Theories to Explain Wife-Capture | 215 |
| [PART III] | ||
| EARLY HISTORIC SOCIETY | ||
| [I].— | Early Historic Society Founded on the Gens | 243 |
| [II].— | Women in Early Historic Times | 269 |
| [III].— | Ancient Sparta | 285 |
| [IV].— | Athenian Women | 318 |
| [V].— | Roman Law, Roman Women, and Christianity | 347 |
| [VI].— | The Renaissance | 367 |
| [VII].— | Conclusion | 380 |
| [Index] | 403 | |
The Sexes in Science and History
[PART I]
The Theory of Evolution
[CHAPTER I]
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANISM
Sex is not only the basic fact underlying physical life but it is also the fundamental principle involved in the origin and development of religion. Throughout the history of mankind, the God-idea has ever been, male or female, according to the relative importance of the two sex principles in human affairs.