In Defense of Women
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Table of contents
1. Introduction2. 1. The Maternal Instinct3. 2. Women’s Intelligence4. 3. The Masculine Bag of Tricks5. 4. Why Women Fail6. 5. The Thing Called Intuition7. 6. How Marriages are Arranged8. 7. The Feminine Attitude9. 8. The Male Beauty10. 9. Men as Aesthetes11. 10. The Process of Delusion12. 11. Biological Considerations13. 12. Honour14. 13. Women and the Emotions15. 14. Pseudo-Anaesthesia16. 15. Mythical Anthropophagi17. 16. A Conspiracy of Silence18. 17. Fundamental Motives19. 18. The Process of Courtship20. 19. The Actual Husband21. 20. The Unattainable Ideal22. 21. The Effect on the Race23. 22. Compulsory Marriage24. 23. Extra-Legal Devices25. 24. Intermezzo on Monogamy26. 25. Late Marriages27. 26. Disparate Unions28. 27. The Charm of Mystery29. 28. Woman as Wife30. 29. Marriage and the Law31. 30. The Emancipated Housewife32. 31. The Crowning Victory33. 32. The Woman Voter34. 33. A Glance Into the Future35. 34. The Suffragette36. 35. A Mythical Dare-Devil37. 36. The Origin of a Delusion38. 37. Women as Martyrs39. 38. Pathological Effects40. 39. Women as Christians41. 40. Piety as a Social Habit42. 41. The Ethics of Women43. 42. The Transvaluation of Values44. 43. The Lady of Joy45. 44. The Future of Marriage46. 45. Effects of the War47. 46. The Eternal Romance48. 47. Apologia in Conclusion