Note 31 — Chapter IX · THE PURPOSES AND OBLIGATIONS OF MARRIAGE.

It is not uncommon to hear of women deriving no pleasure from the sexual embrace; and however powerful an inducement the expected reward of the highest sensual gratification may be to encourage propagation, such a consummation, although much it may be wished for, is not absolutely necessary for impregnation. I have met with numerous females who, like [35]the mother of one of Napoleon’s Generals, have declared: “Qu’elle n’avoit eu que les douleurs d’enfanter.”