CHAPTER XLII

FREE LOVE--ADULTERY

Uncivilised peoples among whom both sexes enjoy perfect freedom

previous to marriage, pp. 422-424.--Among whom unchastity before

marriage is looked upon as a disgrace or a crime for a woman, p.

424.--The wantonness of savages in several cases due to foreign

influence, _ibid._--In many tribes the free intercourse which

prevails between unmarried people not of a promiscuous nature,

p. 424 _sq._--Uncivilised peoples among {xiv} whom the man who

seduces a girl is subject to punishment or censure, pp. 425-427.

--Moral opinions as to sexual intercourse between unmarried people

among the Chinese, p. 427.--Among the ancient Hebrews, p. 427 _sq._

--Among Muhammedan peoples, p. 428.--Among the Hindus, _ibid._--In

Zoroastrianism, _ibid._--Among the ancient Teutons, p. 429.--In

ancient Greece and Rome, pp. 429-431.--In Christianity, p. 431 _sq._

--During the Middle Ages, p. 432 _sq._--After the Reformation,

p. 433.--In present Europe, p. 433 _sq._--Explanation of the moral

ideas concerning sexual intercourse between unmarried people,

pp. 434-443.--Prostitution, pp. 441-443.--Religious prostitution,

connected with religious celibacy, p. 443 _sq._--Of the Babylonian

type, pp. 444-446.--Moral opinions as to the seduction of a married

woman, pp. 447-450.--As to unfaithfulness in a wife, p. 450 _sq._

--As to the remarriages of widows, _ibid._--As to unfaithfulness

in a husband, pp. 451-455.

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