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By WILLIAM I. THOMAS 



THIS volume approaches the question of woman and her position in society 

 from a new .standpoint It recognizes that sex is a fundamental factor in 



and 



and that 



organic 



are analyzed, there follows a series of studies on the relation of sex to social 

 feeling and stimulation, and the influence of sex in securing a system of social 

 control; the psychology of the maternal system of tribal organization; sex as a 

 factor in the differentiation of occupations in early society, and the relation of 

 woman to early industry and invention; the relation of sex to the origin of moral- 

 ity; the origin of exogamy; the origin and psychology of modesty and clothing. 



In the last two papers, on VThe Adventitious Character of Woman'* and 

 ••The Mind of Woman and the Lower Races," modem woman is interpreted 

 f rnm the standnoint of certain conventions and oreiudices which emanate from 



and 



full 



participation in the 



activities of the "white man's world," with the result that she develops a type of 

 mind and character not representative of the natural traits of her sex. 

 Former treatises on the "woman Question" have dealt 



an question nave 



scriptive way with the history of marriage, or at least only with the details of the 

 development of the marriage system, and have failed to present a theory which 

 makes clear the significance of the present position of woman in society. The 

 volume of Professor Thomas is the first attempt made to estimate the influence 

 of the fact of sex on the origin and development of human society. 



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