The marriage crisis / by Ernest R. Groves.

  • Groves, Ernest R. (Ernest Rutherford), 1877-1946.
Date:
1928
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    r— males to one female. Although there is not complete agreement among scholars in regard to the standard form of marriage having been monogamy from the start, it is universally rec¬ ognized that the conventional marriage of our time of one man and one woman has been the prevailing form nearly always everywhere. It is rare, indeed, that anyone seriously argues for a polygamous type of family, because the monogamous relationship is the only one that seems at all in accord with the habits or desires of most modern men and women. The demand for a public avowal of the mat¬ rimonial association is likewise universally thought of as desirable. Even in simple tribes in savage society it was felt that there should be a public announcement of a marriage union. It is true that we have had in modem life what is known as common-law marriage, but this has resulted from the effort to protect the illegiti¬ mate child and the property rights of the wife, rather than because it has been thought of as the proper type of marriage. Public opinion