[11] Ward, _Pure Sociology_, p. 307.

[12] See Ward, _op. cit._, pp. 304-314, from whose chapter on this
subject I have taken these facts.

[13] _Evolution of Sex_, pp. 137-138, 161.

[14] Geddes and Thomson, in _The Evolution of Sex_, pp. 117-123,
135-140, give many interesting and corroborative examples.

[15] Geddes and Thomson, _The Evolution of Sex_, pp. 40-52, 249-250;
give a complete exposition of this theory with many examples. See also
Thomas, _Sex and Society_, pp. 4-43.

CONTENTS OF CHAPTER III

GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION

I.--_The Early Position of the Sexes_

A further examination into the opinion of the superiority of the
male--Contradictions to the accepted view of female
inferiority--A new way of stating the problem--The female as
the creator of the male--Examples of the simplest types of the
sexes--Predominance of the female in the animal kingdom below
the invertebrates--Superiority of the female in size and often
in power of function--Complemental male husbands--Illustrations
of male parasites--Corroborative evidence from the
sex-elements--The primary service of the male to assist the
female in the race-work--Sex-parasitism among females--This
explained by the conditions under which the species live--The
lessons to be drawn from sex-parasitism--Structural
modifications acquired for adapting the sexes to different
modes of life--Care of offspring not always confined to the
female--Among fishes it is the father who gives any attention
to the young--The superiority of the female persists among
higher forms--Examples--Sex-equality among
birds--Conclusion--The sexual relationship may assume almost
any form to suit the varying conditions of life.

II.--_Two Examples--The Beehive and the Spider_

The case of the beehive--The drones--The queen-mother--The
sterile-workers--The sacrifice of the sexes to the
Life-Force--The maternal instinct among the workers--This has
persisted after the atrophy of the sexual needs--Maternal love
has expanded out into social affection--Application of the
lessons of the beehive--Analogy with modern society--The
Intellectuals among women--Do they understand what they really
want--The organic necessity of love--The price of
sterility--The courtship of the Spider--Mr. Bernard Shaw's
Ann--The part pla