I am reading “The End of Woman” by Carrie Gress and she mentions this 1934 book. She says of the findings, “the greater a culture’s sexual restraint, the greater that culture’s accomplishments... but “as soon as a culture abandoned monogamy... it collapsed within three generations.” If this English ethnologist from Oxford is correct, I say the US is not looking so good for longevity.
Very insightful article. Any thoughts on to what extent female de-emancipation should occur today, and what steps should be taken to achieve this? I have read your article on the Baby Boom and the actions you propose at the end. Am wondering if you have additional ideas in the context of this article.
I bought the book but have not started reading it as I'm finishing another book. Your section on female influence in society is not accurate I think. Women have never had much influence in society until the last 100 years.
So the argument that lack of monogamy made everybody promiscuous and therefore women started going into position of power and cause societal decline is not true.
Women going to universities to study useless subjects such as communications, english, or art history can be blamed for a lot bad things in society, chiefly the decline in fertility. Those HR ladies think they're above marrying a plumber who makes money than them.
But again, this is a recently event. We can't blame the decline of the Dutch golden age on promiscuous women going to universities right?
I look forward the reading the book. Thanks for the summary!
Excellent review. I had never heard of Unwin, but his observations are intuitive—I already knew them to be true in my bones. You have convincingly filled in the blanks for me.
Well-written and on the mark.
I am reading “The End of Woman” by Carrie Gress and she mentions this 1934 book. She says of the findings, “the greater a culture’s sexual restraint, the greater that culture’s accomplishments... but “as soon as a culture abandoned monogamy... it collapsed within three generations.” If this English ethnologist from Oxford is correct, I say the US is not looking so good for longevity.
Very insightful article. Any thoughts on to what extent female de-emancipation should occur today, and what steps should be taken to achieve this? I have read your article on the Baby Boom and the actions you propose at the end. Am wondering if you have additional ideas in the context of this article.
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I bought the book but have not started reading it as I'm finishing another book. Your section on female influence in society is not accurate I think. Women have never had much influence in society until the last 100 years.
So the argument that lack of monogamy made everybody promiscuous and therefore women started going into position of power and cause societal decline is not true.
Women going to universities to study useless subjects such as communications, english, or art history can be blamed for a lot bad things in society, chiefly the decline in fertility. Those HR ladies think they're above marrying a plumber who makes money than them.
But again, this is a recently event. We can't blame the decline of the Dutch golden age on promiscuous women going to universities right?
I look forward the reading the book. Thanks for the summary!
Excellent review. I had never heard of Unwin, but his observations are intuitive—I already knew them to be true in my bones. You have convincingly filled in the blanks for me.
absolutely fascinating