CHAPTER XLII. Free Love--Adultery

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.