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when he is most needed and his companionship is most de-
sired? What will prevent him from calling off this secret ro-
mance? Morality? Conscience? The Law? Nothing will help;
inorality was given a death blow when they started this kind
of intimacy; conscience was paralyzed when he indulged in
this relationship against all Regulations of God and nian; the
Law o f : viety
does not recognize any intimacy except with
-n s wif\ So. the maie can enjoy this easy companionship
as long ts he wishes, and once his feelings cool off he can
go 10 meet another woman and repeat the same tragedy with-
out reguiated responsibilities or obligations on his part.
The woman who has had this experience may still be at-
tractive and appealing, or desirous. She may even look for
another man and give it a second trial. But will this give her
any security or assurance or dignity or right? She will be
running in the same vicious circle all the time hunting or
hoping to be hunted. Her burden will grow heavier and
heavier, especially if there are children involved Yet in the
end she will be forgotten. That does not befit human dignity
or feminine delicacy. Any woman in this situation is bound
to become either a nervous wreck or a rebellious revenger
and destroyer of morality.
On the other hand, no one can pretend that all married
men are happy, successful and satisfied with their marriages.
Whether it is his own or his wife's fault. the unhappy hus-