Note 461 — Chapter III · THEORY OF THE ORIGINAL PAIRING OR MONOGAMOUS FAMILY

This evil effect Spencer himself emphasizes, though he thinks polygyny favorable to women where the habitat is unfavorable to their self-support and men are scarce: op. cit., I, 692-94. See Wake, op. cit., 219 ff., for the relatively advanced condition of women under polyandry; and compare Hellwald, Die mensch. Familie, 256 ff., who summarizes opinions as to the influence of polyandry; and Grosse, Die Formen der Familie, 110, who emphasizes the degradation of woman among pastoral polygynists.