Woman and Womanhood: A Search for Principles

Woman and Womanhood: A Search for Principles is a book by C. W. Saleeby. Saleeby was a maternity hospital physician and researcher of womanhood. Excerpt: "We have to ascertain when the average woman becomes fit for marriage. But we must remember that we are dealing with marriage under the conditions imposed by law and public opinion.198 Therefore, fit for mating and fit for marriage are not synonymous, and to ascertain the age of physiological fitness for mating, though an important contribution to our problem, is not the solution of it. We have further to consider how the taste and inclination of the individual vary in the course of her development. We have to ask ourselves at what age in general she is likely to make that choice which her maturity and middle age will ratify rather than for ever regret."