SEX AND SOCIETY 



WILLIAM I. THOMAS 



IS volume approaches the question of woman and her position in 

 society from a new standpoint. It recognizes that sex is a funda- 

 mental factor in the origin and development of social institutions and 

 occupational activities, and that a number of social forms and forces 



After a preliminary paper in which the organic differences of the two sexes 

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

 ing and stimulation, and the influence of sex in securing a system of social con- 

 trol ; the psychology of the maternal system of tribal organization ; sex as a fac- 

 tor 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 

 morality ; the origin of exogamy ; the origin and psychology of modesty and 

 clothing. 



In the last two papers, on "The Adventitious Character of Woman " and 

 " The Mind of Woman and the Lower Kaces, n modern woman is interpreted 

 from the standpoint of certain conventions and prejudices which emanate from 

 the fact of sex. and which have excluded her from full participation in the activ- 

 ities 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 in the main in a de- 

 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 by 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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