Woman

Woman: An Historical Gynælogical and Anthropological Compendium, Volume Two provides information pertinent to relationships of women to the male sex. This book discusses the concepts of modesty, chastity, and respects for women in cultural history.

Organized into 39 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the sexual relation of woman to man. This text then explores various topics, including love and the artificial arousing of love, various forms of betrothal, marriage, procreation, impregnation, and conception. Other chapters consider the position of woman in the family and in the nation. This book discusses as well the reciprocal relations between husband and wife, which are of the highest significance for the stage of morality to which each people has attained. The final chapter deals with the different kinds of customs that are associated with or directly attached to parturition.

This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists, ethnologists, and research workers.

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Volume Two

C. Woman in the Sex Relationship

Chapter I Initiation Into Sexual Experience

Woman's Relationships with the Male Sex

Female "Modesty"

Female Modesty Among Savages

Modesty Among the More Highly Civilised Races

Chastity in Woman

Chastity in Modern European Civilisation

Chapter II Virginity : Woman as Maiden

Magic and Oracles for Determining Virginity

The Disregard for Virginity

Regard for Virginity

Loss of Virginity

Artificial Simulation or Restoration of Virginity

Chapter III Woman in the Sexual Act

Sexual Intercourse

Ordinances and Abstinence

Ceremonial Abstinence

Position in Coitus

Ritual Coitus

Masturbation, Tribadism and Bestiality

Chapter IV Prostitution

Definition and Origin of Prostitution

Ethnography of Professional Prostitution

Compulsory Prostitution of Wives

Temporary and Professional Prostitution

History of Professional Prostitution in Europe

Abolition and Re-Introduction of Brothels

The Prevention of Prostitution

The Anthropology of Prostitution

Chapter V Religious Creeds and Social Customs in Marriage and Prostitution

Prostitution as a Form of Hospitality

Prostitution as a Religious Duty

Ritual Orgies and Erotic Festivals

Child Marriages

Child Marriage in its Physiological Significance

The Campaign Against Child Marriages in India

Primitive Concepts of Impregnation

Jus Primce Noctis

Sexual Intercourse with Gods, Spirits, Devils and Demons

Nuptial Abstinence

The Christ Child Embryo

Chapter VI Love and Courtship

Love

The Love Spell

Love's Helpers

Means to Avert Love

Marriage Oracles and Prognostications

Courtship and Betrothal

Chapter VII Marriage

Development of the Institution

The Levirate and the Halizah

Trial Marriages

Impediments to Marriage

Marriage Between Blood Relations

Age at Marriage and the First-Born Among Civilised Peoples

Age at Marriage and the First-Bom Among Savage Peoples

Adultery

Divorce

Chapter VIII The Pregnant Woman

Generation and Reproduction

Conception and Fertilisation

Climatic, Seasonal and Social Influences of Conception

Chapter IX Sterility in Woman

Why are Women Sterile ?

Physical Causes of Sterility

The Way in Which Sterility is Regarded

The Prevention of Conception

Prevention of Sterility

Indications of Sterility

Medical and Mechanical Means of Promoting Conception

The Use of Baths and Springs Against Sterility

Supernatural Help Against Sterility

Supernatural Human Help Against Sterility

The Help of the Dead Against Sterility

Souls of Trees, Sparks of Fire and Other Aids Against Sterility

Chapter Fertility

Racial Differences in Fertility

Fertility Among Asiatic Peoples

Fertility Among American Peoples

Fertility Among African Peoples

Fertility Among Australians and Oceanians

Chapter XI Mother and Child

The Sex of the Unborn Child

Sex Determination in Folklore

Chapter XII Multiple Pregnancy

Superfecundation

Twins and Double Monsters

Twins

Triplets, Quadruplets, Quintuplets, Etc.

The Cause of Multiple Births

Condemnation of and Esteem for Multiple Births

Esteem for Twin Births

Telegony

Chapter XIII The Physical Hygiene of Pregnancy

The Diagnosis of Pregnancy

Supernatural Signs of Pregnancy

Pregnancy in Art

Early Ideas of the Development of the Embryo

The Duration of Pregnancy

Unusually Protracted Pregnancy

Chapter XIV Normal and Abnormal Pregnancy

The Position of the Child

The Views of Extra-European Nations on the Position of the Embryo in the Uterus

Extra-Uterine Pregnancy

False Pregnancies

Chapter XV Social Procedure During Pregnancy

Religious Rites on Recognition of Pregnancy

Protection Against Evil Spirits and Demons During Pregnancy

Pregnancy Demons Among Civilised Nations

The Girdle of Pregnancy

The Legal Rights of Pregnancy

Prohibitions During Pregnancy

Chapter XVI The Hygienic Treatment of Pregnancy

Medical Prescriptions

Diet in Pregnancy

Dress in Pregnancy

The Longings of Pregnancy

Mental Care in Pregnancy

Chapter XVII Dangers and Help in Pregnancy

Shocks in Pregnancy

Superstitious Rules During Pregnancy

Duties of the Husband During Pregnancy

Chapter XVIII The Therapy and Prognosis of Pregnancy

Mechanical and Pharmaceutical Treatment

Bathing and Rubbing with Ointment During Pregnancy

Blood-Letting During Pregnancy

Medicamental Treatment in Pregnancy

The Superstitious Prognosis of Pregnancy

Chapter XIX Premature Delivery and Miscarriage

Variations in Prematurity

When is the Foetus Viable ?

Induction of Premature Labour

Still-Births

Chapter XX Accidental or Spontaneous Miscarriage

Spontaneous Miscarriage : Causes and Prevalence

Prevention of Miscarriage

The Disposal of the Foetus

The Symptoms of Incipient Miscarriage

Chapter XXI

Intentional Abortion or Termination of Pregnancy

Significance of Intentional Abortion

The Prevalence of Abortion at the Present Day

Intentional Abortion in Civilisation

Motives for Abortion

Methods of Abortion Up to the Middle Ages

Present-Day Methods of Abortion Among Extra-European Peoples

Methods in Use in Europe

Attempts to Limit or Prevent Abortion

Chapte XXII Normal Birth At Term

Birth in General

The So-Called Instinct in Parturition and its Use in Science and Practice

Birth in Language and Metaphor

Sex and Birth in Hieroglyphs, Etc.

Chapter XXIII Birth in Religions and Popular Belief

Mysticism of Birth

The Woman in Childbirth Regarded as Unclean

The Parturient Woman Must have Peace

Chapter XXIV Demonic Influences and Guardian Deities

Supernatural Influences on Birth

Maternal Divinities in the Near and Middle East

the Gods of Birth Among the Iranian Peoples

The Gods of Birth Among the Hindus

The Gods of Birth Among the Greeks

the Gods of Birth Among the Romans and Etruscans

Indo-Germanic Birth Divinities

Birth Divinities Among the Lapps, Finns, Magyars, Moravians, Letts, Votiaks and Tunguses

Birth Divinities Among the Chinese, Japanese, Annamites and Others

Birth Divinities Among the Civilised Nations of America

Birth Divinities Among "Monotheistic" Peoples

Chapter XXV Where Birth Takes Place

The Choice of Place

Birth Alone and Out-of-Do…