PARENTAL AD APT A TION. 1 1 5 



entage that any couple to be well mated must form 

 the counterpart of each other in these qualities. 

 The law governing sex harmony may be stated in 

 three general propositions : ( i ) Every man and 

 woman is bi-sexual, that is to say, possesses both 

 the masculine and feminine attributes to a greater 

 or less degree. The normal, well matured man 

 is pre-eminently masculine, but has a strong, 

 though passive, feminine nature. The normal 

 well born matured woman is pre-eminently femi- 

 nine, yet has a passive masculine nature. (2) The 

 stronger and more active a woman's femininity 

 is, the more she will be attracted to, attract, and 



be adapted to the truly masculine man. The Masculinity and 



. .... Femininity, 



stronger and more active a man s masculinity is 



the more he will be attracted and the better he 

 will be adapted to the purely feminine woman. 

 (3) In proportion as woman loses her femininity 

 and becomes masculine she loses her attractive- 

 ness and adaptability to strong, masculine men, 

 and becomes attracted and adapted to effeminate 

 men. In proportion as man becomes effeminate 



he loses his attractiveness and adaptability to theTkeLawof 



. - . . J Attraction. 



truly feminine woman, and becomes attractive 



and adapted to the masculine woman. These 

 three propositions contain the basal principles of 

 sex adaptation, and explain many of the incon- 

 gruities and seeming contradictions worked out in 

 all society. 



Sex adaptation is highly important both for the 

 sake of harmony in the family and the heredity of 

 children. The experience of many mismated 

 couples proves that wherever the husband and 

 wife are both v a ither strongly masculine or strong- 



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