Changes

84:1.2 [[Woman]], because of [[physical]] and [[emotional]] attachment to her [[offspring]], is dependent on [[co-operation]] with the [[male]], and this urges her into the sheltering [[protection]] of [[marriage]]. But no direct [[biologic]] urge led man into marriage—much less held him in. It was not [[love]] that made marriage [[attractive]] to man, but [[food]] hunger which first attracted [[savage]] man to woman and the [[primitive]] [[shelter]] shared by her [[children]].

84:1.2 [[Woman]], because of [[physical]] and [[emotional]] attachment to her [[offspring]], is dependent on [[co-operation]] with the [[male]], and this urges her into the sheltering [[protection]] of [[marriage]]. But no direct [[biologic]] urge led man into marriage—much less held him in. It was not [[love]] that made marriage [[attractive]] to man, but [[food]] hunger which first attracted [[savage]] man to woman and the [[primitive]] [[shelter]] shared by her [[children]].

84:1.3 [[Marriage]] was not even brought about by the [[conscious]] realization of the [[obligations]] of [[sex]] [[relations]]. [[Primitive]] man [[comprehended]] no [[connection]] between [[sex]] indulgence and the subsequent [[birth]] of a child. It was once [[universally]] believed that a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] could become [[pregnant]]. The [[savage]] early conceived the [[idea]] that babies were made in spiritland; [[pregnancy]] was believed to be the result of a [[woman]]'s being entered by a [[spirit]], an evolving [[ghost]]. Both diet and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye] were also believed to be capable of causing [[pregnancy]] in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] or unmarried woman, while later [[beliefs]] connected the beginnings of life with the [[breath]] and with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight].

84:1.3 [[Marriage]] was not even brought about by the [[conscious]] realization of the [[obligations]] of [[sex]] [[relations]]. [[Primitive]] man [[comprehended]] no [[connection]] between [[sex]] indulgence and the subsequent [[birth]] of a child. It was once [[universally]] believed that a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] could become [[pregnant]]. The [[savage]] early conceived the [[idea]] that babies were made in spiritland; [[pregnancy]] was believed to be the result of a [[woman]]'s being entered by a [[spirit]], an evolving [[ghost]]. Both diet and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye] were also believed to be capable of causing [[pregnancy]] in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] or unmarried woman, while later [[beliefs]] connected the beginnings of life with the [[breath]] and with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight sunlight].

84:1.4 Many early peoples [[associated]] [[ghosts]] with the [[sea]]; hence virgins were greatly restricted in their bathing [[practices]]; young women were far more afraid of bathing in the [[sea]] at high [[tide]] than of having [[sex]] relations. Deformed or premature babies were regarded as the young of [[animals]] which had found their way into a [[woman]]'s [[body]] as a result of careless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing bathing] or through malevolent [[spirit]] [[activity]]. [[Savage]]s, of course, thought nothing of strangling such [[offspring]] at [[birth]].

84:1.4 Many early peoples [[associated]] [[ghosts]] with the [[sea]]; hence virgins were greatly restricted in their bathing [[practices]]; young women were far more afraid of bathing in the [[sea]] at high [[tide]] than of having [[sex]] relations. Deformed or premature babies were regarded as the young of [[animals]] which had found their way into a [[woman]]'s [[body]] as a result of careless [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing bathing] or through malevolent [[spirit]] [[activity]]. [[Savage]]s, of course, thought nothing of strangling such [[offspring]] at [[birth]].

84:1.5 The first step in [[enlightenment]] came with the [[belief]] that [[sex]] relations opened up the way for the impregnating [[ghost]] to enter the [[female]]. Man has since [[discovered]] that [[father]] and [[mother]] are [[equal]] contributors of the living [[inheritance]] [[factors]] which [[initiate]] [[offspring]]. But even in the twentieth century many [[parents]] still endeavor to keep their [[children]] in more or less [[ignorance]] as to the [[origin]] of [[human]] life.

84:1.5 The first step in [[enlightenment]] came with the [[belief]] that [[sex]] relations opened up the way for the impregnating [[ghost]] to enter the [[female]]. Man has since [[discovered]] that [[father]] and [[mother]] are [[equal]] contributors of the living [[inheritance]] [[factors]] which [[initiate]] [[offspring]]. But even in the twentieth century many [[parents]] still endeavor to keep their [[children]] in more or less [[ignorance]] as to the [[origin]] of [[human]] life.

84:1.6 A [[family]] of some simple sort was insured by the [[fact]] that the [[reproductive]] [[function]] entails the [[mother]]-[[child]] [[relationship]]. [[Mother]] [[love]] is [[instinctive]]; it did not originate in the [[mores]] as did marriage. All [[mammal]]ian [[mother]] [[love]] is the [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]] and is in [[strength]] and [[devotion]] always directly [[proportional]] to the length of the helpless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infancy infancy] of the [[species]].

84:1.6 A [[family]] of some simple sort was insured by the [[fact]] that the [[reproductive]] [[function]] entails the [[mother]]-[[child]] [[relationship]]. [[Mother]] [[love]] is [[instinctive]]; it did not originate in the [[mores]] as did marriage. All [[mammal]]ian [[mother]] [[love]] is the [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]] and is in [[strength]] and [[devotion]] always directly [[proportional]] to the length of the helpless [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infancy infancy] of the [[species]].

84:1.7 The [[mother]] and [[child]] [[relation]] is [[natural]], strong, and [[instinctive]], and one which, therefore, constrained [[primitive]] [[woman]] to submit to many strange conditions and to [[endure]] untold [[hardships]]. This compelling mother [[love]] is the [[handicapping]] [[emotion]] which has always placed [[woman]] at such a tremendous disadvantage in all her [[struggles]] with man. Even at that, [[maternal]] [[instinct]] in the [[human]] [[species]] is not overpowering; it may be thwarted by [[ambition]], selfishness, and [[religious]] [[conviction]].

84:1.7 The [[mother]] and [[child]] [[relation]] is [[natural]], strong, and [[instinctive]], and one which, therefore, constrained [[primitive]] [[woman]] to submit to many strange conditions and to [[endure]] untold [[hardships]]. This compelling mother [[love]] is the [[handicapping]] [[emotion]] which has always placed [[woman]] at such a tremendous disadvantage in all her [[struggles]] with man. Even at that, [[maternal]] [[instinct]] in the [[human]] [[species]] is not overpowering; it may be thwarted by [[ambition]], selfishness, and [[religious]] [[conviction]].

==84:2. THE EARLY MOTHER-FAMILY==

==84:2. THE EARLY MOTHER-FAMILY==

84:2.1 The [[woman]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_cycle periodic hemorrhage] and her further loss of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood blood] at [[childbirth]] early suggested blood as the [[creator]] of the child (even as the seat of the [[soul]]) and gave [[origin]] to the blood-bond [[concept]] of [[human]] [[relationships]]. In early times all [[descent]] was reckoned in the [[female]] line, that being the only part of inheritance which was at all certain.

84:2.1 The [[woman]]'s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual_cycle periodic hemorrhage] and her further loss of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood blood] at [[childbirth]] early suggested blood as the [[creator]] of the child (even as the seat of the [[soul]]) and gave [[origin]] to the blood-bond [[concept]] of [[human]] [[relationships]]. In early times all [[descent]] was reckoned in the [[female]] line, that being the only part of inheritance which was at all certain.

84:2.2 The [[primitive]] [[family]], growing out of the [[instinctive]] [[biologic]] blood bond of [[mother]] and [[child]], was inevitably a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family]; and many [[tribes]] long held to this arrangement. The mother-family was the only possible [[transition]] from the stage of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_marriage group marriage] in the horde to the later and improved [[home]] life of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy polygamous] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamous] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-families]. The mother-family was [[natural]] and [[biologic]]; the father-family is [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]]. The [[persistence]] of the mother-family among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas North American red men] is one of the chief reasons why the otherwise [[progressive]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Iroquois] never became a real [[state]].

84:2.2 The [[primitive]] [[family]], growing out of the [[instinctive]] [[biologic]] blood bond of [[mother]] and [[child]], was inevitably a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family]; and many [[tribes]] long held to this arrangement. The mother-family was the only possible [[transition]] from the stage of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_marriage group marriage] in the horde to the later and improved [[home]] life of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy polygamous] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamous] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-families]. The mother-family was [[natural]] and [[biologic]]; the father-family is [[social]], [[economic]], and [[political]]. The [[persistence]] of the mother-family among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas North American red men] is one of the chief reasons why the otherwise [[progressive]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Iroquois] never became a real [[state]].

84:2.3 Under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family] [[mores]] the [[wife]]'s [[mother]] enjoyed [[virtually]] supreme [[authority]] in the [[home]]; even the wife's brothers and their sons were more [[active]] in [[family]] supervision than was the [[husband]]. [[Fathers]] were often renamed after their own [[children]].

84:2.3 Under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family] [[mores]] the [[wife]]'s [[mother]] enjoyed [[virtually]] supreme [[authority]] in the [[home]]; even the wife's brothers and their sons were more [[active]] in [[family]] supervision than was the [[husband]]. [[Fathers]] were often renamed after their own [[children]].

84:2.4 The earliest races gave little credit to the [[father]], looking upon the child as coming altogether from the [[mother]]. They believed that [[children]] resembled the [[father]] as a result of [[association]], or that they were "marked" in this [[manner]] because the mother [[desired]] them to look like the [[father]]. Later on, when the switch came from the mother-family to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-family], the [[father]] took all credit for the child, and many of the [[taboos]] on a [[pregnant]] [[woman]] were subsequently extended to include her [[husband]]. The prospective [[father]] ceased [[work]] as the time of delivery approached, and at [[childbirth]] he went to bed, along with the wife, remaining at rest from three to eight days. The wife might arise the next day and engage in hard [[labor]], but the [[husband]] remained in bed to receive congratulations; this was all a part of the early [[mores]] designed to [[establish]] the [[father]]'s [[right]] to the child.

84:2.4 The earliest races gave little credit to the [[father]], looking upon the child as coming altogether from the [[mother]]. They believed that [[children]] resembled the [[father]] as a result of [[association]], or that they were "marked" in this [[manner]] because the mother [[desired]] them to look like the [[father]]. Later on, when the switch came from the mother-family to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-family], the [[father]] took all credit for the child, and many of the [[taboos]] on a [[pregnant]] [[woman]] were subsequently extended to include her [[husband]]. The prospective [[father]] ceased [[work]] as the time of delivery approached, and at [[childbirth]] he went to bed, along with the wife, remaining at rest from three to eight days. The wife might arise the next day and engage in hard [[labor]], but the [[husband]] remained in bed to receive congratulations; this was all a part of the early [[mores]] designed to [[establish]] the [[father]]'s [[right]] to the child.

84:2.5 At first, it was the [[custom]] for the man to go to his [[wife]]'s people, but in later times, after a man had paid or worked out the bride price, he could take his [[wife]] and [[children]] back to his own people. The [[transition]] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-family] explains the otherwise meaningless prohibitions of some types of cousin [[marriages]] while others of [[equal]] [[kinship]] are approved.

84:2.5 At first, it was the [[custom]] for the man to go to his [[wife]]'s people, but in later times, after a man had paid or worked out the bride price, he could take his [[wife]] and [[children]] back to his own people. The [[transition]] from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-family] explains the otherwise meaningless prohibitions of some types of cousin [[marriages]] while others of [[equal]] [[kinship]] are approved.

84:2.6 With the passing of the [[hunter]] [[mores]], when herding gave man [[control]] of the chief [[food]] supply, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family] came to a speedy end. It failed simply because it could not successfully [[compete]] with the newer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-family]. [[Power]] lodged with the [[male]] relatives of the [[mother]] could not [[compete]] with power [[concentrated]] in the [[husband]]-[[father]]. [[Woman]] was not [[equal]] to the combined tasks of childbearing and of exercising continuous [[authority]] and increasing [[domestic]] [[power]]. The oncoming of wife stealing and later wife purchase hastened the passing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family].

84:2.6 With the passing of the [[hunter]] [[mores]], when herding gave man [[control]] of the chief [[food]] supply, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family] came to a speedy end. It failed simply because it could not successfully [[compete]] with the newer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilineal father-family]. [[Power]] lodged with the [[male]] relatives of the [[mother]] could not [[compete]] with power [[concentrated]] in the [[husband]]-[[father]]. [[Woman]] was not [[equal]] to the combined tasks of childbearing and of exercising continuous [[authority]] and increasing [[domestic]] [[power]]. The oncoming of wife stealing and later wife purchase hastened the passing of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrilineality mother-family].

84:2.7 The stupendous [[change]] from the mother-family to the father-family is one of the most [[radical]] and complete right-about-face [[adjustments]] ever [[executed]] by the [[human]] [[race]]. This change led at once to greater [[social]] [[expression]] and increased [[family]] [[adventure]].

84:2.7 The stupendous [[change]] from the mother-family to the father-family is one of the most [[radical]] and complete right-about-face [[adjustments]] ever [[executed]] by the [[human]] [[race]]. This change led at once to greater [[social]] [[expression]] and increased [[family]] [[adventure]].

84:3.1 It may be that the [[instinct]] of [[motherhood]] led [[woman]] into [[marriage]], but it was [[Male|man]]'s superior [[strength]], [[together]] with the [[influence]] of the [[mores]], that virtually [[compelled]] her to remain in wedlock. [

84:3.1 It may be that the [[instinct]] of [[motherhood]] led [[woman]] into [[marriage]], but it was [[Male|man]]'s superior [[strength]], [[together]] with the [[influence]] of the [[mores]], that virtually [[compelled]] her to remain in wedlock. [

to lead forth from within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] living tended to [[create]] a new [[system]] of [[mores]], the [[patriarchal]] type of [[family]] life; and the basis of family [[unity]] under the herder and early [[agricultural]] [[mores]] was the unquestioned and [[arbitrary]] [[authority]] of the [[father]]. All [[society]], whether [[national]] or [[familial]], passed through the [[stage]] of the [[autocratic]] [[authority]] of a [[patriarchal]] order.

to lead forth from within [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] living tended to [[create]] a new [[system]] of [[mores]], the [[patriarchal]] type of [[family]] life; and the basis of family [[unity]] under the herder and early [[agricultural]] [[mores]] was the unquestioned and [[arbitrary]] [[authority]] of the [[father]]. All [[society]], whether [[national]] or [[familial]], passed through the [[stage]] of the [[autocratic]] [[authority]] of a [[patriarchal]] order.

84:3.2 The scant [[courtesy]] paid [[womankind]] during the [[Old Testament]] era is a true [[reflection]] of the [[mores]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral herdsmen]. The [[Hebrew]] [[patriarchs]] were all herdsmen, as is [[witnessed]] by the saying, "The Lord is my Shepherd."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

84:3.2 The scant [[courtesy]] paid [[womankind]] during the [[Old Testament]] era is a true [[reflection]] of the [[mores]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral herdsmen]. The [[Hebrew]] [[patriarchs]] were all herdsmen, as is [[witnessed]] by the saying, "The Lord is my Shepherd."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

84:3.3 But man was no more to blame for his low [[opinion]] of [[woman]] during past ages than was woman herself. She failed to get [[social]] [[recognition]] during [[primitive]] times because she did not [[function]] in an [[emergency]]; she was not a spectacular or [[crisis]] [[hero]]. [[Maternity]] was a distinct [[disability]] in the [[existence]] [[struggle]]; [[mother]] [[love]] [[handicapped]] women in the [[tribal]] [[defense]].

84:3.3 But man was no more to blame for his low [[opinion]] of [[woman]] during past ages than was woman herself. She failed to get [[social]] [[recognition]] during [[primitive]] times because she did not [[function]] in an [[emergency]]; she was not a spectacular or [[crisis]] [[hero]]. [[Maternity]] was a distinct [[disability]] in the [[existence]] [[struggle]]; [[mother]] [[love]] [[handicapped]] women in the [[tribal]] [[defense]].

84:3.5 Among the more advanced races, [[women]] are not so large or so [[strong]] as [[men]]. Woman, being the weaker, therefore became the more [[tactful]]; she early learned to trade upon her [[sex]] [[charms]]. She became more alert and [[conservative]] than man, though slightly less [[profound]]. Man was woman's superior on the [[battlefield]] and in the [[hunt]]; but at [[home]] woman has usually outgeneraled even the most [[primitive]] of men.

84:3.5 Among the more advanced races, [[women]] are not so large or so [[strong]] as [[men]]. Woman, being the weaker, therefore became the more [[tactful]]; she early learned to trade upon her [[sex]] [[charms]]. She became more alert and [[conservative]] than man, though slightly less [[profound]]. Man was woman's superior on the [[battlefield]] and in the [[hunt]]; but at [[home]] woman has usually outgeneraled even the most [[primitive]] of men.

84:3.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd herdsman] looked to his flocks for sustenance, but throughout these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] ages woman must still provide the [[vegetable]] [[food]]. [[Primitive]] man shunned the [[soil]]; it was altogether too peaceful, too unadventuresome. There was also an old [[superstition]] that women could raise better [[plants]]; they were [[mothers]]. In many backward [[tribes]] today, the men cook the meat, the women the vegetables, and when the primitive tribes of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines Australia] are on the march, the women never attack game, while a man would not stoop to dig a root.

84:3.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd herdsman] looked to his flocks for sustenance, but throughout these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] ages woman must still provide the [[vegetable]] [[food]]. [[Primitive]] man shunned the [[soil]]; it was altogether too peaceful, too unadventuresome. There was also an old [[superstition]] that women could raise better [[plants]]; they were [[mothers]]. In many backward [[tribes]] today, the men cook the meat, the women the vegetables, and when the primitive tribes of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines Australia] are on the march, the women never attack game, while a man would not stoop to dig a root.

84:3.7 [[Woman]] has always had to [[work]]; at least right up to [[modern]] times the female has been a real producer. Man has usually chosen the easier path, and this inequality has existed throughout the entire [[history]] of the [[human]] [[race]]. Woman has always been the burden bearer, carrying the [[family]] [[property]] and tending the [[children]], thus leaving the man's hands [[free]] for [[Warrior|fighting]] or [[hunting]].

84:3.7 [[Woman]] has always had to [[work]]; at least right up to [[modern]] times the female has been a real producer. Man has usually chosen the easier path, and this inequality has existed throughout the entire [[history]] of the [[human]] [[race]]. Woman has always been the burden bearer, carrying the [[family]] [[property]] and tending the [[children]], thus leaving the man's hands [[free]] for [[Warrior|fighting]] or [[hunting]].

84:3.8 [[Woman]]'s first [[liberation]] came when man consented to till the [[soil]], consented to do what had theretofore been regarded as woman's work. It was a great step forward when [[male]] captives were no longer killed but were [[enslaved]] as [[agriculturists]]. This brought about the [[liberation]] of woman so that she could [[devote]] more time to [[homemaking]] and [[child]] [[culture]].

84:3.8 [[Woman]]'s first [[liberation]] came when man consented to till the [[soil]], consented to do what had theretofore been regarded as woman's work. It was a great step forward when [[male]] captives were no longer killed but were [[enslaved]] as [[agriculturists]]. This brought about the [[liberation]] of woman so that she could [[devote]] more time to [[homemaking]] and [[child]] [[culture]].

84:3.9 The [[provision]] of milk for the young led to earlier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaning weaning] of babies, hence to the [[Birth|bearing]] of more [[children]] by the [[mothers]] thus relieved of their sometimes temporary barrenness, while the use of cow's milk and goat's milk greatly reduced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality infant mortality]. Before the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd herding] [[stage]] of [[society]], mothers used to nurse their babies until they were four and five years old.

84:3.9 The [[provision]] of milk for the young led to earlier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaning weaning] of babies, hence to the [[Birth|bearing]] of more [[children]] by the [[mothers]] thus relieved of their sometimes temporary barrenness, while the use of cow's milk and goat's milk greatly reduced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality infant mortality]. Before the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd herding] [[stage]] of [[society]], mothers used to nurse their babies until they were four and five years old.

84:3.10 Decreasing [[primitive]] [[warfare]] greatly lessened the disparity between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labor division of labor] based on [[sex]]. But women still had to do the real [[work]] while men did picket [[duty]]. No camp or village could be left unguarded day or night, but even this task was alleviated by the [[domestication]] of the dog. In general, the coming of [[agriculture]] has enhanced [[woman]]'s [[prestige]] and [[Social status|social standing]]; at least this was true up to the time man himself turned [[agriculturist]]. And as soon as man addressed himself to the tilling of the [[soil]], there immediately ensued great improvement in [[methods]] of [[agriculture]], extending on down through [[successive]] [[generations]]. In [[hunting]] and [[war]] man had learned the [[value]] of [[organization]], and he introduced these [[techniques]] into [[industry]] and later, when taking over much of [[woman]]'s [[work]], greatly improved on her loose [[methods]] of [[labor]].

84:3.10 Decreasing [[primitive]] [[warfare]] greatly lessened the disparity between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labor division of labor] based on [[sex]]. But women still had to do the real [[work]] while men did picket [[duty]]. No camp or village could be left unguarded day or night, but even this task was alleviated by the [[domestication]] of the dog. In general, the coming of [[agriculture]] has enhanced [[woman]]'s [[prestige]] and [[Social status|social standing]]; at least this was true up to the time man himself turned [[agriculturist]]. And as soon as man addressed himself to the tilling of the [[soil]], there immediately ensued great improvement in [[methods]] of [[agriculture]], extending on down through [[successive]] [[generations]]. In [[hunting]] and [[war]] man had learned the [[value]] of [[organization]], and he introduced these [[techniques]] into [[industry]] and later, when taking over much of [[woman]]'s [[work]], greatly improved on her loose [[methods]] of [[labor]].

==84:4. WOMAN'S STATUS IN EARLY SOCIETY==

==84:4. WOMAN'S STATUS IN EARLY SOCIETY==

84:4.3 Early [[woman]] was not to man a [[friend]], sweetheart, lover, and [[partner]] but rather a piece of [[property]], a servant or [[slave]] and, later on, an [[economic]] [[partner]], plaything, and childbearer. Nonetheless, proper and satisfactory [[sex]] [[relations]] have always involved the element of [[choice]] and [[co-operation]] by [[woman]], and this has always given [[intelligent]] women considerable [[influence]] over their [[immediate]] and [[personal]] [[Status|standing]], regardless of their social position as a [[Gender|sex]]. But man's distrust and [[suspicion]] were not helped by the [[fact]] that women were all along compelled to resort to shrewdness in the [[effort]] to alleviate their bondage.

84:4.3 Early [[woman]] was not to man a [[friend]], sweetheart, lover, and [[partner]] but rather a piece of [[property]], a servant or [[slave]] and, later on, an [[economic]] [[partner]], plaything, and childbearer. Nonetheless, proper and satisfactory [[sex]] [[relations]] have always involved the element of [[choice]] and [[co-operation]] by [[woman]], and this has always given [[intelligent]] women considerable [[influence]] over their [[immediate]] and [[personal]] [[Status|standing]], regardless of their social position as a [[Gender|sex]]. But man's distrust and [[suspicion]] were not helped by the [[fact]] that women were all along compelled to resort to shrewdness in the [[effort]] to alleviate their bondage.

84:4.4 The [[Gender|sexes]] have had great [[difficulty]] in [[understanding]] each other. Man found it hard to understand woman, regarding her with a strange mixture of [[ignorant]] mistrust and fearful fascination, if not with [[suspicion]] and [[contempt]]. Many [[tribal]] and racial [[traditions]] relegate trouble to [[Eve]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora Pandora], or some other [[representative]] of womankind. These [[narratives]] were always distorted so as to make it appear that the woman brought [[evil]] upon man; and all this indicates the onetime [[universal]] distrust of woman. Among the reasons cited in [[support]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celibate celibate] [[priesthood]], the chief was the baseness of woman. The [[fact]] that most supposed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches witches] were women did not improve the olden reputation of the sex.

84:4.4 The [[Gender|sexes]] have had great [[difficulty]] in [[understanding]] each other. Man found it hard to understand woman, regarding her with a strange mixture of [[ignorant]] mistrust and fearful fascination, if not with [[suspicion]] and [[contempt]]. Many [[tribal]] and racial [[traditions]] relegate trouble to [[Eve]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora Pandora], or some other [[representative]] of womankind. These [[narratives]] were always distorted so as to make it appear that the woman brought [[evil]] upon man; and all this indicates the onetime [[universal]] distrust of woman. Among the reasons cited in [[support]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celibate celibate] [[priesthood]], the chief was the baseness of woman. The [[fact]] that most supposed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches witches] were women did not improve the olden reputation of the sex.

84:4.5 Men have long regarded women as [[Anomaly|peculiar]], even abnormal. They have even believed that [[women]] did not have [[souls]]; therefore were they denied [[names]]. During early times there existed great [[fear]] of the first [[sex]] relation with a woman; hence it became the [[custom]] for a [[priest]] to have initial [[intercourse]] with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin]. Even a woman's [[shadow]] was [[thought]] to be [[dangerous]].

84:4.5 Men have long regarded women as [[Anomaly|peculiar]], even abnormal. They have even believed that [[women]] did not have [[souls]]; therefore were they denied [[names]]. During early times there existed great [[fear]] of the first [[sex]] relation with a woman; hence it became the [[custom]] for a [[priest]] to have initial [[intercourse]] with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin]. Even a woman's [[shadow]] was [[thought]] to be [[dangerous]].

84:4.6 [[Birth|Childbearing]] was once generally looked upon as rendering a [[woman]] [[dangerous]] and unclean. And many [[tribal]] [[mores]] [[decreed]] that a [[mother]] must undergo extensive purification [[ceremonies]] subsequent to the [[birth]] of a child. Except among those groups where the [[husband]] [[participated]] in the lying-in, the expectant mother was shunned, left alone. The [[ancients]] even avoided having a [[child]] born in the house. Finally, the old women were permitted to attend the [[mother]] during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth labor], and this [[practice]] gave [[origin]] to the [[profession]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwifery midwifery]. During labor, scores of foolish things were said and done in an [[effort]] to [[facilitate]] delivery. It was the [[custom]] to sprinkle the newborn with [[holy]] [[water]] to prevent [[ghost]] [[interference]].

84:4.6 [[Birth|Childbearing]] was once generally looked upon as rendering a [[woman]] [[dangerous]] and unclean. And many [[tribal]] [[mores]] [[decreed]] that a [[mother]] must undergo extensive purification [[ceremonies]] subsequent to the [[birth]] of a child. Except among those groups where the [[husband]] [[participated]] in the lying-in, the expectant mother was shunned, left alone. The [[ancients]] even avoided having a [[child]] born in the house. Finally, the old women were permitted to attend the [[mother]] during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth labor], and this [[practice]] gave [[origin]] to the [[profession]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwifery midwifery]. During labor, scores of foolish things were said and done in an [[effort]] to [[facilitate]] delivery. It was the [[custom]] to sprinkle the newborn with [[holy]] [[water]] to prevent [[ghost]] [[interference]].

84:4.7 Among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA unmixed tribes], [[Birth|childbirth]] was comparatively easy, occupying only two or three hours; it is seldom so easy among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES mixed races]. If a [[woman]] died in childbirth, especially during the delivery of twins, she was believed to have been [[guilty]] of [[spirit]] [[adultery]]. Later on, the higher [[tribes]] looked upon [[death]] in childbirth as the will of [[heaven]]; such mothers were regarded as having perished in a [[noble]] [[cause]].

84:4.7 Among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA unmixed tribes], [[Birth|childbirth]] was comparatively easy, occupying only two or three hours; it is seldom so easy among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES mixed races]. If a [[woman]] died in childbirth, especially during the delivery of twins, she was believed to have been [[guilty]] of [[spirit]] [[adultery]]. Later on, the higher [[tribes]] looked upon [[death]] in childbirth as the will of [[heaven]]; such mothers were regarded as having perished in a [[noble]] [[cause]].

84:4.8 The so-called [[modesty]] of [[women]] respecting their clothing and the [[exposure]] of the [[Body|person]] grew out of the deadly [[fear]] of being [[observed]] at the time of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstrual period]. To be thus detected was a grievous [[sin]], the violation of a [[taboo]]. Under the [[mores]] of olden times, every woman, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence] to the end of the childbearing period, was subjected to complete [[family]] and [[social]] [[quarantine]] one full week each month. Everything she might [[touch]], sit upon, or lie upon was "defiled."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.15] It was for long the [[custom]] to brutally beat a girl after each [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation monthly period] in an [[effort]] to drive the [[evil]] [[spirit]] out of her [[body]]. But when a woman passed beyond the childbearing age, she was usually treated more considerately, being accorded more [[rights]] and [[privileges]]. In view of all this it was not strange that women were looked down upon. Even the [[Greeks]] held the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstruating] woman as one of the three great [[causes]] of defilement, the other two being pork and garlic.

84:4.8 The so-called [[modesty]] of [[women]] respecting their clothing and the [[exposure]] of the [[Body|person]] grew out of the deadly [[fear]] of being [[observed]] at the time of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstrual period]. To be thus detected was a grievous [[sin]], the violation of a [[taboo]]. Under the [[mores]] of olden times, every woman, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence] to the end of the childbearing period, was subjected to complete [[family]] and [[social]] [[quarantine]] one full week each month. Everything she might [[touch]], sit upon, or lie upon was "defiled."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.15] It was for long the [[custom]] to brutally beat a girl after each [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation monthly period] in an [[effort]] to drive the [[evil]] [[spirit]] out of her [[body]]. But when a woman passed beyond the childbearing age, she was usually treated more considerately, being accorded more [[rights]] and [[privileges]]. In view of all this it was not strange that women were looked down upon. Even the [[Greeks]] held the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstruating] woman as one of the three great [[causes]] of defilement, the other two being pork and garlic.

84:4.9 However foolish these olden notions were, they did some good since they gave overworked [[females]], at least when young, one week each month for welcome [[rest]] and profitable [[meditation]]. Thus could they sharpen their wits for dealing with their [[male]] associates the rest of the time. This [[quarantine]] of women also protected men from over-[[sex]] indulgence, thereby indirectly contributing to the restriction of [[population]] and to the enhancement of [[self]]-[[control]].

84:4.9 However foolish these olden notions were, they did some good since they gave overworked [[females]], at least when young, one week each month for welcome [[rest]] and profitable [[meditation]]. Thus could they sharpen their wits for dealing with their [[male]] associates the rest of the time. This [[quarantine]] of women also protected men from over-[[sex]] indulgence, thereby indirectly contributing to the restriction of [[population]] and to the enhancement of [[self]]-[[control]].

84:4.10 A great advance was made when a man was denied the [[right]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder kill] his [[wife]] at will. Likewise, it was a forward step when a woman could own the [[wedding]] gifts. Later, she gained the [[legal]] right to own, [[control]], and even dispose of [[property]], but she was long deprived of the right to hold office in either [[church]] or [[state]]. Woman has always been treated more or less as [[property]], right up to and in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century] after [[Christ]]. She has not yet gained world-wide [[freedom]] from [[seclusion]] under man's [[control]]. Even among advanced peoples, man's attempt to protect woman has always been a tacit assertion of superiority.

84:4.10 A great advance was made when a man was denied the [[right]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder kill] his [[wife]] at will. Likewise, it was a forward step when a woman could own the [[wedding]] gifts. Later, she gained the [[legal]] right to own, [[control]], and even dispose of [[property]], but she was long deprived of the right to hold office in either [[church]] or [[state]]. Woman has always been treated more or less as [[property]], right up to and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century] after [[Christ]]. She has not yet gained world-wide [[freedom]] from [[seclusion]] under man's [[control]]. Even among advanced peoples, man's attempt to protect woman has always been a tacit assertion of superiority.

84:4.11 But [[primitive]] [[women]] did not pity themselves as their more recently [[liberated]] sisters are wont to do. They were, after all, fairly [[happy]] and contented; they did not dare to [[envision]] a better or [[different]] mode of [[existence]].

84:4.11 But [[primitive]] [[women]] did not pity themselves as their more recently [[liberated]] sisters are wont to do. They were, after all, fairly [[happy]] and contented; they did not dare to [[envision]] a better or [[different]] mode of [[existence]].

84:5.4 But man did not consciously nor [[intentionally]] seize woman's [[rights]] and then [[gradually]] and grudgingly give them back to her; all this was an [[unconscious]] and unplanned [[episode]] of [[social]] [[evolution]]. When the time really came for woman to enjoy added [[rights]], she got them, and all quite regardless of man's [[conscious]] [[attitude]]. Slowly but surely the [[mores]] [[change]] so as to provide for those [[social]] [[adjustments]] which are a part of the [[persistent]] [[evolution]] of [[civilization]]. The advancing [[mores]] slowly provided increasingly better treatment for [[females]]; those [[tribes]] which [[persisted]] in cruelty to them did not [[survive]].

84:5.4 But man did not consciously nor [[intentionally]] seize woman's [[rights]] and then [[gradually]] and grudgingly give them back to her; all this was an [[unconscious]] and unplanned [[episode]] of [[social]] [[evolution]]. When the time really came for woman to enjoy added [[rights]], she got them, and all quite regardless of man's [[conscious]] [[attitude]]. Slowly but surely the [[mores]] [[change]] so as to provide for those [[social]] [[adjustments]] which are a part of the [[persistent]] [[evolution]] of [[civilization]]. The advancing [[mores]] slowly provided increasingly better treatment for [[females]]; those [[tribes]] which [[persisted]] in cruelty to them did not [[survive]].

84:5.5 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and [[Nodites]] accorded [[women]] increased recognition, and those groups which were [[influenced]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:5._THE_ANDITE_MIGRATIONS migrating Andites] have tended to be influenced by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] regarding [[women]]'s place in [[society]].

84:5.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and [[Nodites]] accorded [[women]] increased recognition, and those groups which were [[influenced]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:5._THE_ANDITE_MIGRATIONS migrating Andites] have tended to be influenced by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] regarding [[women]]'s place in [[society]].

84:5.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_china#Ancient_era early Chinese] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece Greeks] treated [[women]] better than did most [[surrounding]] peoples. But the [[Hebrews]] were exceedingly distrustful of them. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] woman has had a [[difficult]] climb under the [[Paul, the Apostle|Pauline]] [[doctrines]] which became attached to [[Christianity]], although Christianity did advance the [[mores]] by imposing more stringent [[sex]] [[obligations]] upon man. Woman's estate is little short of hopeless under the peculiar degradation which attaches to her in [[Islam|Mohammedanism]], and she fares even worse under the teachings of several other [Orient|Oriental]] [[religions]].

84:5.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_china#Ancient_era early Chinese] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece Greeks] treated [[women]] better than did most [[surrounding]] peoples. But the [[Hebrews]] were exceedingly distrustful of them. In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] woman has had a [[difficult]] climb under the [[Paul, the Apostle|Pauline]] [[doctrines]] which became attached to [[Christianity]], although Christianity did advance the [[mores]] by imposing more stringent [[sex]] [[obligations]] upon man. Woman's estate is little short of hopeless under the peculiar degradation which attaches to her in [[Islam|Mohammedanism]], and she fares even worse under the teachings of several other [Orient|Oriental]] [[religions]].

84:5.7 [[Science]], not [[religion]], really [[emancipated]] woman; it was the [[modern]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialism factory] which largely set her free from the confines of the [[home]]. Man's [[physical]] [[abilities]] became no longer a vital [[essential]] in the new [[maintenance]] [[mechanism]]; [[science]] so changed the conditions of living that man power was no longer so superior to woman power.

84:5.7 [[Science]], not [[religion]], really [[emancipated]] woman; it was the [[modern]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialism factory] which largely set her free from the confines of the [[home]]. Man's [[physical]] [[abilities]] became no longer a vital [[essential]] in the new [[maintenance]] [[mechanism]]; [[science]] so changed the conditions of living that man power was no longer so superior to woman power.

84:5.8 These [[changes]] have tended toward [[woman]]'s [[liberation]] from [[domestic]] [[slavery]] and have brought about such a [[modification]] of her [[status]] that she now enjoys a [[degree]] of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and [[sex]] determination that practically [[equals]] man's. Once a woman's [[value]] consisted in her [[food]]-producing [[ability]], but [[invention]] and [[wealth]] have enabled her to [[create]] a new world in which to [[function]]—[[spheres]] of [[grace]] and [[charm]]. Thus has [[industry]] won its [[unconscious]] and unintended fight for woman's [[social]] and [[economic]] [[emancipation]]. And again has [[evolution]] succeeded in doing what even [[revelation]] failed to accomplish.

84:5.8 These [[changes]] have tended toward [[woman]]'s [[liberation]] from [[domestic]] [[slavery]] and have brought about such a [[modification]] of her [[status]] that she now enjoys a [[degree]] of [[personal]] [[liberty]] and [[sex]] determination that practically [[equals]] man's. Once a woman's [[value]] consisted in her [[food]]-producing [[ability]], but [[invention]] and [[wealth]] have enabled her to [[create]] a new world in which to [[function]]—[[spheres]] of [[grace]] and [[charm]]. Thus has [[industry]] won its [[unconscious]] and unintended fight for woman's [[social]] and [[economic]] [[emancipation]]. And again has [[evolution]] succeeded in doing what even [[revelation]] failed to accomplish.

84:5.9 The [[reaction]] of [[enlightened]] peoples from the inequitable [[mores]] governing woman's place in [[society]] has indeed been [[pendulum]]like in its extremeness. Among industrialized races she has received almost all [[rights]] and enjoys exemption from many [[obligations]], such as [[military]] [[service]]. Every easement of the [[struggle]] for [[existence]] has redounded to the [[liberation]] of [[woman]], and she has directly benefited from every advance toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamy]. The weaker always makes disproportionate gains in every [[adjustment]] of the [[mores]] in the [[progressive]] [[evolution]] of [[society]].

84:5.9 The [[reaction]] of [[enlightened]] peoples from the inequitable [[mores]] governing woman's place in [[society]] has indeed been [[pendulum]]like in its extremeness. Among industrialized races she has received almost all [[rights]] and enjoys exemption from many [[obligations]], such as [[military]] [[service]]. Every easement of the [[struggle]] for [[existence]] has redounded to the [[liberation]] of [[woman]], and she has directly benefited from every advance toward [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamy]. The weaker always makes disproportionate gains in every [[adjustment]] of the [[mores]] in the [[progressive]] [[evolution]] of [[society]].

84:5.10 In the [[ideals]] of pair [[marriage]], woman has finally won [[recognition]], [[dignity]], [[independence]], [[equality]], and [[education]]; but will she prove [[worthy]] of all this new and unprecedented accomplishment? Will [[modern]] woman [[respond]] to this great [[achievement]] of [[social]] [[liberation]] with idleness, indifference, barrenness, and infidelity? Today, in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century], woman is undergoing the crucial test of her long world [[existence]]!

84:5.10 In the [[ideals]] of pair [[marriage]], woman has finally won [[recognition]], [[dignity]], [[independence]], [[equality]], and [[education]]; but will she prove [[worthy]] of all this new and unprecedented accomplishment? Will [[modern]] woman [[respond]] to this great [[achievement]] of [[social]] [[liberation]] with idleness, indifference, barrenness, and infidelity? Today, in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century], woman is undergoing the crucial test of her long world [[existence]]!

84:5.11 Woman is man's [[equal]] [[partner]] in [[race]] [[reproduction]], hence just as important in the unfolding of racial [[evolution]]; therefore has evolution increasingly worked toward the [[realization]] of [[women]]'s [[rights]]. But women's rights are by no means [[men]]'s [[rights]]. Woman cannot thrive on man's rights any more than man can prosper on woman's rights.

84:5.11 Woman is man's [[equal]] [[partner]] in [[race]] [[reproduction]], hence just as important in the unfolding of racial [[evolution]]; therefore has evolution increasingly worked toward the [[realization]] of [[women]]'s [[rights]]. But women's rights are by no means [[men]]'s [[rights]]. Woman cannot thrive on man's rights any more than man can prosper on woman's rights.

84:6.3 [[Male]] and [[female]] are, [[practically]] regarded, two distinct varieties of the same [[species]] living in close and [[intimate]] [[association]]. Their [[viewpoints]] and entire life [[reactions]] are [[essentially]] [[different]]; they are wholly incapable of full and real [[comprehension]] of each other. Complete [[understanding]] between the sexes is not attainable.

84:6.3 [[Male]] and [[female]] are, [[practically]] regarded, two distinct varieties of the same [[species]] living in close and [[intimate]] [[association]]. Their [[viewpoints]] and entire life [[reactions]] are [[essentially]] [[different]]; they are wholly incapable of full and real [[comprehension]] of each other. Complete [[understanding]] between the sexes is not attainable.

84:6.4 [[Women]] seem to have more [[intuition]] than men, but they also appear to be somewhat less [[logical]]. Woman, however, has always been the [[moral]] [[standard]]-bearer and the [[spiritual]] [[leader]] of [[mankind]]. The hand that rocks the [[cradle]] still fraternizes with [[destiny]].[http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=105]

84:6.4 [[Women]] seem to have more [[intuition]] than men, but they also appear to be somewhat less [[logical]]. Woman, however, has always been the [[moral]] [[standard]]-bearer and the [[spiritual]] [[leader]] of [[mankind]]. The hand that rocks the [[cradle]] still fraternizes with [[destiny]].[https://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=105]

84:6.5 The [[differences]] of [[nature]], [[reaction]], [[viewpoint]], and [[thinking]] between men and women, far from occasioning concern, should be regarded as highly beneficial to [[mankind]], both [[individually]] and [[collectively]]. Many orders of [[universe]] [[creatures]] are created in [[dual]] [[phases]] of [[personality]] [[manifestation]]. Among [[mortals]], [[Material Sons]], and [[midsoniters]], this [[difference]] is described as [[male]] and [[female]]; among [[seraphim]], [[cherubim]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions], it has been denominated positive or aggressive and negative or retiring. Such [[dual]] [[associations]] greatly multiply [[versatility]] and overcome [[inherent]] [[limitations]], even as do certain [[triune]] [[associations]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system].

84:6.5 The [[differences]] of [[nature]], [[reaction]], [[viewpoint]], and [[thinking]] between men and women, far from occasioning concern, should be regarded as highly beneficial to [[mankind]], both [[individually]] and [[collectively]]. Many orders of [[universe]] [[creatures]] are created in [[dual]] [[phases]] of [[personality]] [[manifestation]]. Among [[mortals]], [[Material Sons]], and [[midsoniters]], this [[difference]] is described as [[male]] and [[female]]; among [[seraphim]], [[cherubim]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions], it has been denominated positive or aggressive and negative or retiring. Such [[dual]] [[associations]] greatly multiply [[versatility]] and overcome [[inherent]] [[limitations]], even as do certain [[triune]] [[associations]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system].

84:6.6 [[Men]] and [[women]] need each other in their [[morontial]] and [[spiritual]] as well as in their [[mortal]] [[careers]]. The [[differences]] in [[viewpoint]] between [[male]] and [[female]] [[persist]] even beyond the first life and throughout the [[Ascension Career|local and superuniverse ascensions]. And even in [[Havona]], the [[pilgrims]] who were once [[men]] and [[women]] will still be aiding each other in the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]]. Never, even in the Corps of the Finality, will the creature metamorphose so far as to obliterate the personality trends that humans call male and female; always will these two basic variations of [[humankind]] continue to [[intrigue]], [[stimulate]], [[encourage]], and [[assist]] each other; always will they be [[mutually]] dependent on [[co-operation]] in the solution of perplexing [[universe]] [[problems]] and in the overcoming of manifold [[cosmic]] [[difficulties]].

84:6.6 [[Men]] and [[women]] need each other in their [[morontial]] and [[spiritual]] as well as in their [[mortal]] [[careers]]. The [[differences]] in [[viewpoint]] between [[male]] and [[female]] [[persist]] even beyond the first life and throughout the [[Ascension Career|local and superuniverse ascensions]. And even in [[Havona]], the [[pilgrims]] who were once [[men]] and [[women]] will still be aiding each other in the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]]. Never, even in the Corps of the Finality, will the creature metamorphose so far as to obliterate the personality trends that humans call male and female; always will these two basic variations of [[humankind]] continue to [[intrigue]], [[stimulate]], [[encourage]], and [[assist]] each other; always will they be [[mutually]] dependent on [[co-operation]] in the solution of perplexing [[universe]] [[problems]] and in the overcoming of manifold [[cosmic]] [[difficulties]].

84:7.7 4. ''The enhancement of parental instinct''. Each [[generation]] now tends to eliminate from the [[reproductive]] [[stream]] of the [[race]] those [[individuals]] in whom parental instinct is insufficiently strong to insure the procreation of [[children]], the prospective [[parents]] of the next [[generation]].

84:7.7 4. ''The enhancement of parental instinct''. Each [[generation]] now tends to eliminate from the [[reproductive]] [[stream]] of the [[race]] those [[individuals]] in whom parental instinct is insufficiently strong to insure the procreation of [[children]], the prospective [[parents]] of the next [[generation]].

84:7.8 But the [[home]] as an [[institution]], a partnership between one man and one woman, dates more specifically from the days of [[Dalamatia]], about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene one-half million years ago], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamous] [[practices]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#PAPER_63:_THE_FIRST_HUMAN_FAMILY Andon] and his immediate [[descendants]] having been abandoned long before. [[Family]] life, however, was not much to boast of before the days of the [[Nodites]] and the later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites]. [[Adam and Eve]] exerted a lasting [[influence]] on all [[mankind]]; for the first time in the [[history]] of the world [[men]] and [[women]] were [[observed]] working side by side in [[the Garden]]. The [[Eden]]ic [[ideal]], the whole [[family]] as gardeners, was a new [[idea]] on [[Urantia]].

84:7.8 But the [[home]] as an [[institution]], a partnership between one man and one woman, dates more specifically from the days of [[Dalamatia]], about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene one-half million years ago], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamous] [[practices]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#PAPER_63:_THE_FIRST_HUMAN_FAMILY Andon] and his immediate [[descendants]] having been abandoned long before. [[Family]] life, however, was not much to boast of before the days of the [[Nodites]] and the later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites]. [[Adam and Eve]] exerted a lasting [[influence]] on all [[mankind]]; for the first time in the [[history]] of the world [[men]] and [[women]] were [[observed]] working side by side in [[the Garden]]. The [[Eden]]ic [[ideal]], the whole [[family]] as gardeners, was a new [[idea]] on [[Urantia]].

84:7.9 The early [[family]] [[embraced]] a related working [[group]], including the [[slaves]], all living in one dwelling. [[Marriage]] and [[family]] life have not always been identical but have of [[necessity]] been closely [[associated]]. [[Woman]] always wanted the [[individual]] [[family]], and [[eventually]] she had her way.

84:7.9 The early [[family]] [[embraced]] a related working [[group]], including the [[slaves]], all living in one dwelling. [[Marriage]] and [[family]] life have not always been identical but have of [[necessity]] been closely [[associated]]. [[Woman]] always wanted the [[individual]] [[family]], and [[eventually]] she had her way.

84:7.10 [[Love]] of [[offspring]] is almost [[universal]] and is of distinct [[survival]] [[value]]. The [[ancients]] always [[sacrificed]] the [[mother]]'s interests for the welfare of the [[child]]; an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo] [[mother]] even yet licks her baby in lieu of washing. But [[primitive]] [[mothers]] only nourished and cared for their [[children]] when very young; like the [[animals]], they discarded them as soon as they grew up. Enduring and [[continuous]] [[human]] [[associations]] have never been founded on [[biologic]] [[affection]] alone. The [[animals]] love their [[children]]; man—civilized man—loves his children's children. The higher the [[civilization]], the greater the [[joy]] of [[parents]] in the [[children]]'s advancement and success; thus the new and higher [[realization]] of [[name]] [[pride]] comes into [[existence]].

84:7.10 [[Love]] of [[offspring]] is almost [[universal]] and is of distinct [[survival]] [[value]]. The [[ancients]] always [[sacrificed]] the [[mother]]'s interests for the welfare of the [[child]]; an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo] [[mother]] even yet licks her baby in lieu of washing. But [[primitive]] [[mothers]] only nourished and cared for their [[children]] when very young; like the [[animals]], they discarded them as soon as they grew up. Enduring and [[continuous]] [[human]] [[associations]] have never been founded on [[biologic]] [[affection]] alone. The [[animals]] love their [[children]]; man—civilized man—loves his children's children. The higher the [[civilization]], the greater the [[joy]] of [[parents]] in the [[children]]'s advancement and success; thus the new and higher [[realization]] of [[name]] [[pride]] comes into [[existence]].

84:7.11 The large families among [[ancient]] peoples were not necessarily affectional. Many [[children]] were desired because:

84:7.11 The large families among [[ancient]] peoples were not necessarily affectional. Many [[children]] were desired because:

84:7.20 Among [[ancient]] [[savages]], [[discipline]] of [[children]] was begun very early; and the child early [[realized]] that disobedience meant failure or even [[death]] just as it did to the [[animals]]. It is [[civilization]]'s [[protection]] of the [[child]] from the [[natural]] consequences of foolish conduct that [[contributes]] so much to [[modern]] insubordination.

84:7.20 Among [[ancient]] [[savages]], [[discipline]] of [[children]] was begun very early; and the child early [[realized]] that disobedience meant failure or even [[death]] just as it did to the [[animals]]. It is [[civilization]]'s [[protection]] of the [[child]] from the [[natural]] consequences of foolish conduct that [[contributes]] so much to [[modern]] insubordination.

84:7.21 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo] [[children]] thrive on so little [[discipline]] and correction simply because they are [[naturally]] docile little [[animals]]; the children of both the red and the yellow men are almost equally tractable. But in races containing [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [[inheritance]], [[children]] are not so placid; these more [[imaginative]] and [[adventurous]] [[youths]] require more [[training]] and [[discipline]]. [[Modern]] [[problems]] of [[child]] [[culture]] are rendered increasingly difficult by:

84:7.21 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo] [[children]] thrive on so little [[discipline]] and correction simply because they are [[naturally]] docile little [[animals]]; the children of both the red and the yellow men are almost equally tractable. But in races containing [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [[inheritance]], [[children]] are not so placid; these more [[imaginative]] and [[adventurous]] [[youths]] require more [[training]] and [[discipline]]. [[Modern]] [[problems]] of [[child]] [[culture]] are rendered increasingly difficult by:

*1. 84:7.22 ''The large degree of race mixture''.

*1. 84:7.22 ''The large degree of race mixture''.

84:7.28 [[Marriage]], with [[children]] and consequent [[family]] life, is stimulative of the highest [[potentials]] in [[human]] [[nature]] and [[simultaneously]] provides the [[ideal]] avenue for the [[expression]] of these quickened [[attributes]] of [[mortal]] [[personality]]. The [[family]] provides for the [[biologic]] [[perpetuation]] of the [[human]] [[species]]. The [[home]] is the [[natural]] [[social]] arena wherein the [[ethics]] of blood [[brotherhood]] may be grasped by the growing [[children]]. The [[family]] is the [[fundamental]] [[unit]] of fraternity in which [[parents]] and [[children]] learn those lessons of [[patience]], [[altruism]], [[tolerance]], and forbearance which are so [[essential]] to the [[realization]] of brotherhood among all men.

84:7.28 [[Marriage]], with [[children]] and consequent [[family]] life, is stimulative of the highest [[potentials]] in [[human]] [[nature]] and [[simultaneously]] provides the [[ideal]] avenue for the [[expression]] of these quickened [[attributes]] of [[mortal]] [[personality]]. The [[family]] provides for the [[biologic]] [[perpetuation]] of the [[human]] [[species]]. The [[home]] is the [[natural]] [[social]] arena wherein the [[ethics]] of blood [[brotherhood]] may be grasped by the growing [[children]]. The [[family]] is the [[fundamental]] [[unit]] of fraternity in which [[parents]] and [[children]] learn those lessons of [[patience]], [[altruism]], [[tolerance]], and forbearance which are so [[essential]] to the [[realization]] of brotherhood among all men.

84:7.29 [[Human]] [[society]] would be greatly improved if the civilized [[races]] would more generally return to the [[family]]-[[council]] [[practices]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites]. They did not maintain the [[patriarchal]] or [[autocratic]] form of [[family]] [[government]]. They were very brotherly and [[associative]], freely and frankly [[discussing]] every proposal and regulation of a [[family]] [[nature]]. They were ideally fraternal in all their family [[government]]. In an ideal family filial and parental [[affection]] are both augmented by fraternal [[devotion]].

84:7.29 [[Human]] [[society]] would be greatly improved if the civilized [[races]] would more generally return to the [[family]]-[[council]] [[practices]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites]. They did not maintain the [[patriarchal]] or [[autocratic]] form of [[family]] [[government]]. They were very brotherly and [[associative]], freely and frankly [[discussing]] every proposal and regulation of a [[family]] [[nature]]. They were ideally fraternal in all their family [[government]]. In an ideal family filial and parental [[affection]] are both augmented by fraternal [[devotion]].

84:7.30 Family life is the progenitor of true [[morality]], the [[ancestor]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[loyalty]] to [[duty]]. The enforced [[associations]] of [[family]] life [[stabilize]] [[personality]] and stimulate its [[growth]] through the compulsion of necessitous [[adjustment]] to other and [[diverse]] [[personalities]]. But even more, a true family—a [[good]] [[family]]—reveals to the parental procreators the [[attitude]] of the [[Creator]] to his [[children]], while at the same time such true [[parents]] portray to their children the first of a long series of [[ascending]] disclosures of the [[love]] of the [[Paradise]] [[parent]] of all [[universe]] [[children]].

84:7.30 Family life is the progenitor of true [[morality]], the [[ancestor]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[loyalty]] to [[duty]]. The enforced [[associations]] of [[family]] life [[stabilize]] [[personality]] and stimulate its [[growth]] through the compulsion of necessitous [[adjustment]] to other and [[diverse]] [[personalities]]. But even more, a true family—a [[good]] [[family]]—reveals to the parental procreators the [[attitude]] of the [[Creator]] to his [[children]], while at the same time such true [[parents]] portray to their children the first of a long series of [[ascending]] disclosures of the [[love]] of the [[Paradise]] [[parent]] of all [[universe]] [[children]].

84:8.2 Originally, [[property]] was the basic [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]], while [[marriage]] functioned as the [[unique]] [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[perpetuation]]. Although [[food]] [[satisfaction]], [[play]], and [[humor]], along with periodic [[sex]] indulgence, were means of [[self-gratification]], it remains a [[fact]] that the evolving [[mores]] have failed to build any distinct [[institution]] of [[self-gratification]]. And it is due to this failure to evolve specialized [[techniques]] of pleasurable enjoyment that all [[human]] [[institutions]] are so completely shot through with this [[pleasure]] pursuit. [[Property]] accumulation is becoming an instrument for augmenting all forms of [[self-gratification]], while [[marriage]] is often viewed only as a means of [[pleasure]]. And this overindulgence, this widely spread [[pleasure]] mania, now [[constitutes]] the greatest [[threat]] that has ever been leveled at the [[social]] [[evolutionary]] [[institution]] of [[family]] life, the [[home]].

84:8.2 Originally, [[property]] was the basic [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]], while [[marriage]] functioned as the [[unique]] [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[perpetuation]]. Although [[food]] [[satisfaction]], [[play]], and [[humor]], along with periodic [[sex]] indulgence, were means of [[self-gratification]], it remains a [[fact]] that the evolving [[mores]] have failed to build any distinct [[institution]] of [[self-gratification]]. And it is due to this failure to evolve specialized [[techniques]] of pleasurable enjoyment that all [[human]] [[institutions]] are so completely shot through with this [[pleasure]] pursuit. [[Property]] accumulation is becoming an instrument for augmenting all forms of [[self-gratification]], while [[marriage]] is often viewed only as a means of [[pleasure]]. And this overindulgence, this widely spread [[pleasure]] mania, now [[constitutes]] the greatest [[threat]] that has ever been leveled at the [[social]] [[evolutionary]] [[institution]] of [[family]] life, the [[home]].

84:8.3 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] introduced a new and only imperfectly realized characteristic into the [[experience]] of [[humankind]]—the [[play]] [[instinct]] coupled with the sense of [[humor]]. It was there in [[measure]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites], but the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic strain] elevated this [[primitive]] [[propensity]] into the [[potential]] of [[pleasure]], a new and [[glorified]] form of [[self-gratification]]. The basic type of self-gratification, aside from appeasing hunger, is sex gratification, and this form of sensual pleasure was enormously heightened by the blending of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites].

84:8.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] introduced a new and only imperfectly realized characteristic into the [[experience]] of [[humankind]]—the [[play]] [[instinct]] coupled with the sense of [[humor]]. It was there in [[measure]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites], but the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic strain] elevated this [[primitive]] [[propensity]] into the [[potential]] of [[pleasure]], a new and [[glorified]] form of [[self-gratification]]. The basic type of self-gratification, aside from appeasing hunger, is sex gratification, and this form of sensual pleasure was enormously heightened by the blending of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites].

84:8.4 There is real [[danger]] in the combination of restlessness, [[curiosity]], [[adventure]], and [[pleasure]]-abandon characteristic of the post-Andite races. The [[hunger]] of the [[soul]] cannot be satisfied with [[physical]] [[pleasures]]; the [[love]] of [[home]] and [[children]] is not augmented by the unwise [[pursuit]] of [[pleasure]]. Though you exhaust the [[resources]] of [[art]], [[color]], [[sound]], rhythm, [[music]], and adornment of person, you cannot hope thereby to elevate the [[soul]] or to nourish the [[spirit]]. [[Vanity]] and [[fashion]] cannot minister to [[home]] building and [[child]] [[culture]]; [[pride]] and [[rivalry]] are powerless to enhance the [[survival]] qualities of succeeding [[generations]].

84:8.4 There is real [[danger]] in the combination of restlessness, [[curiosity]], [[adventure]], and [[pleasure]]-abandon characteristic of the post-Andite races. The [[hunger]] of the [[soul]] cannot be satisfied with [[physical]] [[pleasures]]; the [[love]] of [[home]] and [[children]] is not augmented by the unwise [[pursuit]] of [[pleasure]]. Though you exhaust the [[resources]] of [[art]], [[color]], [[sound]], rhythm, [[music]], and adornment of person, you cannot hope thereby to elevate the [[soul]] or to nourish the [[spirit]]. [[Vanity]] and [[fashion]] cannot minister to [[home]] building and [[child]] [[culture]]; [[pride]] and [[rivalry]] are powerless to enhance the [[survival]] qualities of succeeding [[generations]].

84:8.5 Advancing [[celestial]] [[beings]] all enjoy [[rest]] and the [[ministry]] of the [[reversion directors]]. All [[efforts]] to obtain wholesome diversion and to [[engage]] in uplifting [[play]] are sound; refreshing [[sleep]], rest, recreation, and all pastimes which prevent the boredom of monotony are worth while. [[Competitive]] [[games]], [[storytelling]], and even the taste of good [[food]] may serve as forms of [[self-gratification]]. (When you use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt salt] to savor [[food]], pause to consider that, for almost a million years, man could obtain salt only by dipping his [[food]] in ashes.)

84:8.5 Advancing [[celestial]] [[beings]] all enjoy [[rest]] and the [[ministry]] of the [[reversion directors]]. All [[efforts]] to obtain wholesome diversion and to [[engage]] in uplifting [[play]] are sound; refreshing [[sleep]], rest, recreation, and all pastimes which prevent the boredom of monotony are worth while. [[Competitive]] [[games]], [[storytelling]], and even the taste of good [[food]] may serve as forms of [[self-gratification]]. (When you use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt salt] to savor [[food]], pause to consider that, for almost a million years, man could obtain salt only by dipping his [[food]] in ashes.)

84:8.6 Let man enjoy himself; let the [[human]] [[race]] find [[pleasure]] in a thousand and one ways; let [[evolutionary]] [[mankind]] explore all forms of legitimate [[self-gratification]], the fruits of the long upward [[biologic]] [[struggle]]. Man has well earned some of his present-day [[joys]] and [[pleasures]]. But look you well to the goal of [[destiny]]! [[Pleasures]] are indeed [[suicidal]] if they succeed in destroying [[property]], which has become the [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]]; and [[self-gratification]]s have indeed cost a fatal price if they bring about the collapse of [[marriage]], the [[decadence]] of [[family]] life, and the destruction of the [[home]]—man's supreme [[evolutionary]] acquirement and [[civilization]]'s only [[hope]] of [[survival]].

84:8.6 Let man enjoy himself; let the [[human]] [[race]] find [[pleasure]] in a thousand and one ways; let [[evolutionary]] [[mankind]] explore all forms of legitimate [[self-gratification]], the fruits of the long upward [[biologic]] [[struggle]]. Man has well earned some of his present-day [[joys]] and [[pleasures]]. But look you well to the goal of [[destiny]]! [[Pleasures]] are indeed [[suicidal]] if they succeed in destroying [[property]], which has become the [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]]; and [[self-gratification]]s have indeed cost a fatal price if they bring about the collapse of [[marriage]], the [[decadence]] of [[family]] life, and the destruction of the [[home]]—man's supreme [[evolutionary]] acquirement and [[civilization]]'s only [[hope]] of [[survival]].

84:8.7 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

84:8.7 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85 Go to Next Paper]</center><center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 Go to Previous Paper]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85 Go to Next Paper]</center><center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 Go to Previous Paper]</center>

<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>

[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]

[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]