's just forced upon them.
As for the naturally bad women--well, that has come from some trait of
another generation, some weakness which has been increased instead of
cured by all this twisted, tangled thing we call modern civilization."

The doctor sighed.

"There are a lot of women in the world right now, Burke, who are
fighting for what they call the 'Feminist Movement'. They don't want
homes; they want men's jobs. They don't want to raise their babies in
the old-fashioned way; they want the State to raise them with trained
nurses and breakfast food. They don't see anything beautiful in home
life, and cooking, and loving their husbands. They want the lecture
platform (and the gate-receipts); they want to run the government, they
want men to be breeders, like the drones in the beehive, and they don't
want to be tied to one man for life. They want to visit around. The
worst of it is that they are clever, they write well, they talk well,
and they interest the women who are really normal, who only half-read,
only half-analyze, and only get a part of the idea! These normal women
are devoting, as they should, most of their energies to the normal
things of woman life--children, home, charity, and neighborliness. But
the clever feminist revolutionists are giving them just enough argument
to make them dissatisfied. They flatter the domestic woman by telling
her she is not enough appreciated, and that she should control the
country. They lead the younger women away from the old ideals of love
and home and religion; in their place they would substitute
selfishness, loose morals, and will change the chivalry, which it has
taken men a thousand years to cultivate, into brutal methods, when men
realize that women want absolute equality. Then, should such a
condition ever be accepted by society in general, we will do away with
the present kind of social evil--to have a tidal wave of lust."

Bobbie listened with interest. It was evident that Doctor MacFarland
was opening up a subject close to his heart. The old man's eyes
sparkled as he continued.

"You asked about the traffic in women, as we hear of it in New York.
Well, the only way we can cure it is to educate the men of all classes
so that for reasons moral, sanitary, and feelings of honest pride in
themselves they will not patronize the market where souls are sought.
This can't be done by passing laws, but by better books, better ways of
amusement, better living