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82:4.2 [[Primitive]] [[marriage]] was an investment, an [[economic]] [[speculation]]; it was more a matter of [[business]] than an affair of [[flirtation]]. The [[ancients]] married for the advantage and [[welfare]] of the [[group]]; wherefore their marriages were [[planned]] and arranged by the [[group]], their [[parents]] and [[elders]]. And that the [[property]] [[mores]] were [[effective]] in [[stabilizing]] the [[marriage]] [[institution]] is borne out by the fact that marriage was more permanent among the early [[tribes]] than it is among many [[modern]] peoples.

82:4.2 [[Primitive]] [[marriage]] was an investment, an [[economic]] [[speculation]]; it was more a matter of [[business]] than an affair of [[flirtation]]. The [[ancients]] married for the advantage and [[welfare]] of the [[group]]; wherefore their marriages were [[planned]] and arranged by the [[group]], their [[parents]] and [[elders]]. And that the [[property]] [[mores]] were [[effective]] in [[stabilizing]] the [[marriage]] [[institution]] is borne out by the fact that marriage was more permanent among the early [[tribes]] than it is among many [[modern]] peoples.

82:4.3 As [[civilization]] advanced and [[private]] [[property]] gained further recognition in the [[mores]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing stealing] became the great [[crime]]. [[Adultery]] was recognized as a form of stealing, an infringement of the [[husband]]'s [[property]] [[rights]]; it is not therefore specifically mentioned in the earlier codes and mores. [[Woman]] started out as the [[property]] of her [[father]], who [[transferred]] his title to her [[husband]], and all legalized [[sex]] [[relations]] grew out of these pre-existent [[property]] [[rights]]. The [[Old Testament]] deals with [[women]] as a form of [[property]]; the [[Koran]] teaches their inferiority. Man had the right to lend his wife to a [[friend]] or guest, and this [[custom]] still obtains among certain peoples.

82:4.3 As [[civilization]] advanced and [[private]] [[property]] gained further recognition in the [[mores]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealing stealing] became the great [[crime]]. [[Adultery]] was recognized as a form of stealing, an infringement of the [[husband]]'s [[property]] [[rights]]; it is not therefore specifically mentioned in the earlier codes and mores. [[Woman]] started out as the [[property]] of her [[father]], who [[transferred]] his title to her [[husband]], and all legalized [[sex]] [[relations]] grew out of these pre-existent [[property]] [[rights]]. The [[Old Testament]] deals with [[women]] as a form of [[property]]; the [[Koran]] teaches their inferiority. Man had the right to lend his wife to a [[friend]] or guest, and this [[custom]] still obtains among certain peoples.

82:4.4 [[Modern]] [[sex]] [[jealousy]] is not [[innate]]; it is a product of the evolving [[mores]]. [[Primitive]] man was not [[jealous]] of his wife; he was just guarding his [[property]]. The reason for holding the wife to stricter [[sex]] account than the husband was because her marital infidelity involved descent and [[inheritance]]. Very early in the march of [[civilization]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimate_child illegitimate child] fell into disrepute. At first only the [[woman]] was punished for [[adultery]]; later on, the [[mores]] also [[decreed]] the chastisement of her [[partner]], and for long ages the offended [[husband]] or the protector [[father]] had the full right to kill the [[male]] trespasser. [[Modern]] peoples retain these [[mores]], which allow so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing crimes of honor] under the unwritten law.

82:4.4 [[Modern]] [[sex]] [[jealousy]] is not [[innate]]; it is a product of the evolving [[mores]]. [[Primitive]] man was not [[jealous]] of his wife; he was just guarding his [[property]]. The reason for holding the wife to stricter [[sex]] account than the husband was because her marital infidelity involved descent and [[inheritance]]. Very early in the march of [[civilization]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegitimate_child illegitimate child] fell into disrepute. At first only the [[woman]] was punished for [[adultery]]; later on, the [[mores]] also [[decreed]] the chastisement of her [[partner]], and for long ages the offended [[husband]] or the protector [[father]] had the full right to kill the [[male]] trespasser. [[Modern]] peoples retain these [[mores]], which allow so-called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing crimes of honor] under the unwritten law.

82:4.5 Since the [[chastity]] [[taboo]] had its [[origin]] as a [[phase]] of the [[property]] [[mores]], it applied at first to married women but not to unmarried girls. In later years, [[chastity]] was more demanded by the [[father]] than by the suitor; a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] was a commercial [[asset]] to the [[father]]—she brought a higher price. As [[chastity]] came more into demand, it was the [[practice]] to pay the father a bride fee in recognition of the service of properly rearing a chaste bride for the husband-to-be. When once started, this [[idea]] of [[female]] [[chastity]] took such hold on the races that it became the [[practice]] [[literally]] to cage up girls, actually to imprison them for years, in order to [[assure]] their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity]. And so the more recent [[standards]] and virginity tests [[automatically]] gave [[origin]] to the [[professional]] [[prostitute]] classes; they were the rejected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride brides], those [[women]] who were found by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom grooms]' mothers not to be virgins.

82:4.5 Since the [[chastity]] [[taboo]] had its [[origin]] as a [[phase]] of the [[property]] [[mores]], it applied at first to married women but not to unmarried girls. In later years, [[chastity]] was more demanded by the [[father]] than by the suitor; a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] was a commercial [[asset]] to the [[father]]—she brought a higher price. As [[chastity]] came more into demand, it was the [[practice]] to pay the father a bride fee in recognition of the service of properly rearing a chaste bride for the husband-to-be. When once started, this [[idea]] of [[female]] [[chastity]] took such hold on the races that it became the [[practice]] [[literally]] to cage up girls, actually to imprison them for years, in order to [[assure]] their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity]. And so the more recent [[standards]] and virginity tests [[automatically]] gave [[origin]] to the [[professional]] [[prostitute]] classes; they were the rejected [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride brides], those [[women]] who were found by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom grooms]' mothers not to be virgins.

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