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legal and decent way, they never fail to find other channels,
although risky and temporary. Very few women can do
without the permanent and assured companionship of men.
The overwhelming majority of unmarried women in such a
society find their way to meet men. They put up lavish par-
ties, organize socialcocktails, attend business conventions,
pursue outgoing roads, and so on. The results of this desper-
ate hunting is not always moral or decent. A certain married
man may appeal to some woman, and she would try to win
him legally or otherwise. Also, some woman may attract a
certain man, who might be demoralized or depressed for
some reason or other. Such a man will try to have some inti-
mate relationship with her in the open or in secret, in a de-
cent manner or otherwise, in a legal form or just by common
law. This would certainly have serious effects on the family
life of the married man involved, and would ruin from with-
in the morale and social morality of society. Wives would be
deserted or neglected; children would be forsaken; homes
would be broken, and so on.
The woman who meets a male companion under such
circumstances has no security or dignity or rights of any
kind. Her male companion or professional lover could be
with her, maintain her and frequent her residence with gifts
and readiness to shower on her all expressions of passionate
romance. But what assurance has she got? How can she stop
him from walking out on her or letting her down in times