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Getting Married

Getting Married

by Bernard Shaw

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Author
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Credits
Produced by Eve Sobol and Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Weddings -- Drama
Category
Text
eBook-No.
5604
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5604
Release Date
May 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GETTING MARRIED
  2. 2.Preface To "Getting Married"
  3. 3.By Bernard Shaw — 1908
  4. 4.PREFACE TO GETTING MARRIED
  5. 5.THE REVOLT AGAINST MARRIAGE
  6. 6.MARRIAGE NEVERTHELESS INEVITABLE
  7. 7.WHAT DOES THE WORD MARRIAGE MEAN
  8. 8.SURVIVALS OF SEX SLAVERY
  9. 9.A NEW ATTACK ON MARRIAGE
  10. 10.A FORGOTTEN CONFERENCE OF MARRIED MEN
  11. 11.HEARTH AND HOME
  12. 12.TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
  13. 13.LARGE AND SMALL FAMILIES
  14. 14.THE GOSPEL OF LAODICEA
  15. 15.FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
  16. 16.WANTED: AN IMMORAL STATESMAN
  17. 17.THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY
  18. 18.THE SCIENCE AND ART OF POLITICS
  19. 19.WHY STATESMEN SHIRK THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
  20. 20.THE QUESTION OF POPULATION
  21. 21.THE RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
  22. 22.MONOGAMY, POLYGYNY AND POLYANDRY
  23. 23.THE MALE REVOLT AGAINST POLYGYNY
  24. 24.DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL POLYGYNY
  25. 25.THE OLD MAID'S RIGHT TO MOTHERHOOD
  26. 26.IBSEN'S CHAIN STITCH
  27. 27.REMOTENESS OF THE FACTS FROM THE IDEAL
  28. 28.DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE
  29. 29.MARRIAGE AS A MAGIC SPELL
  30. 30.THE IMPERSONALITY OF SEX
  31. 31.THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN
  32. 32.UNPOPULARITY OF IMPERSONAL VIEWS
  33. 33.IMPERSONALITY IS NOT PROMISCUITY
  34. 34.DOMESTIC CHANGE OF AIR
  35. 35.HOME MANNERS ARE BAD MANNERS
  36. 36.SPURIOUS "NATURAL" AFFECTION
  37. 37.CARRYING THE WAR INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
  38. 38.SHELLEY AND QUEEN VICTORIA
  39. 39.A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE
  40. 40.THE PERSONAL SENTIMENTAL BASIS OF MONOGAMY
  41. 41.DIVORCE
  42. 42.IMPORTANCE OF SENTIMENTAL GRIEVANCE
  43. 43.DIVORCE WITHOUT ASKING WHY
  44. 44.ECONOMIC SLAVERY AGAIN THE ROOT DIFFICULTY
  45. 45.LABOR EXCHANGES AND THE WHITE SLAVERY
  46. 46.CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE
  47. 47.DIVORCE A SACRAMENTAL DUTY
  48. 48.OTHELLO AND DESDEMONA
  49. 49.WHAT IS TO BECOME OF THE CHILDREN?
  50. 50.THE COST OF DIVORCE
  51. 51.CONCLUSIONS
  52. 52.GETTING MARRIED — By Bernard Shaw — 1908 — _______________________________________________________________ — _______________________________________________________________

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