The Myth in Marriage

The Myth in Marriage is a book by Alice Hubbard. Hubbard was an American author and outspoken feminist, here examining the different aspects of marriage making for more than just a social institution. Excerpt: "This new element is the intellect. Nature does not recognize it in the cosmic urge. So the meeting of man and woman on an intellectual plane, on a basis of the sweetest friendship imaginable, is the only condition by which Nature can endure the social marriage tie—which so often binds, imprisons, and makes slaves. Even at this time man considers that he owns a woman; that he has purchased her freedom, her will, her habits, her aspirations, her time, her love, her energies, her future, every activity of her life. She is in very truth under a master. And the woman, as well, usually considers this true."