Getting Married eBook

George Bernard Shaw

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Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
	1
GETTING MARRIED, PREFACE TO	1
THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE	1
MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE	1
WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN	2
SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY	4
A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE	5
A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN	6
HEARTH AND HOME	9
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING	10
LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES	11
THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA	12
FOR BETTER FOR WORSE	13
WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN	15
THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY	16
THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS	17
WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION	18
THE QUESTION OF POPULATION	18
THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD	19
MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY	20
THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY	20
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY	21
THE OLD MAID’S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD	22
IBSEN’S CHAIN STITCH	23
REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL	24
DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE	25
MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL	26
THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX	27
THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN	29
UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS	30
IMPERSONALITY IS NOT PROMISCUITY	30
DOMESTIC CHANGE OF AIR	30
HOME MANNERS ARE BAD MANNERS	32
SPURIOUS “NATURAL” AFFECTION	32
CARRYING THE WAR INTO THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY	33
SHELLEY AND QUEEN VICTORIA	33
A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE	34
THE PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL BASIS OF MONOGAMY	35
DIVORCE	38
IMPORTANCE OF SENTIMENTAL GRIEVANCE	39
DIVORCE WITHOUT ASKING WHY	39
ECONOMIC SLAVERY AGAIN THE ROOT DIFFICULTY	40
LABOR EXCHANGES AND THE WHITE SLAVERY	41
CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE	42
DIVORCE A SACRAMENTAL DUTY	43
OTHELLO AND DESDEMONA	44
WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?	45
THE COST OF DIVORCE	48
CONCLUSIONS	49
GETTING MARRIED	50

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