Psychology of sex - Total No. of Records in System :: 2032

MARRIAGEthe wise Montaigne, in the essay "On some lines of Virgil"which contains so many memorable sayings, had recalledthe fact that the same muscles with which we weepare those with which we laugh.BIBLIOGRAPHYR. L. DICKINSON and LURA BEAM, A Thousand Marriages.G. V. HAMILTON, A Research in Marriage.K. B. DAVIS, Factors in the Sex Life of Twenty-two HundredWomen.EXNER, The Sexual Side of Marriage.HAVELOCK ELLIS, "The History of Marriage/' Vol. VII ofStudies in the Psychology of Sex and Little Essays ofLove and Virtue.COUNT KEYSERLING, "Correct Statement of Marriage Problem,"in The Book of Marriage.The Monogamic StandardUntil modern times monogamy has been regarded asthe only legitimate form of marriage for our Westerncivilization. Indeed that has for the most part beenassumed and taken for granted without discussion; anyexceptional person who disputed this dogma, or even discussedit, was regarded, and usually in fact was, a crank,a negligible eccentric, if not something much worse.Today the question of the form of marriage cannot thusbe taken for granted and dismissed, as a matter that hasfor ever been fixed by religious, ethical, legal, and socialregulations. Those who discuss it are no longer alwaysnegligible persons. So that any one who now concerns himselfwith the psychology of sex must be prepared to holdan opinion on sex relationships in regard to monogamy.As a pioneer in the movement to bring our monogamicmarriage system into the field of discussion we may well[279]