Note 513 — Chapter IV
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
From the present form of marriage (as among many primitive peoples) it follows that each party has a right with relation to the other.513 The violation of this right is considered as a serious injury and gives rise to a desire for revenge. This phenomenon is not natural, but historical. If the present state of society did not necessitate an artificial stability in sexual relationships, if the man and his wife were economically independent, they would not believe that they had rights over each other.514