第三章 家父長制度 - 花嫁の処女性の重視
男性が花嫁に処女性を望むようになったのは,家父長制度が導入されてはじめてであると思われる。母系制度が存在しているところでは、娘たちは、若い男と同じよに、自由奔放に遊びまわっている(注:"sow wild oats" :若気の至りで馬鹿なことをする;幾度も女遊びをする)。しかし、結婚以外の性交はすべて邪悪であるということを女たちに納得させることが非常に重要になってくると、こういうことは大目に見てもらえなくなった(たえてもらえなくなった)。 |
Chapter III: Patriarchal SystemsThe economic system naturally changed at the same time that the method of reckoning descent was transformed. In a matrilineal society a man inherits from his maternal uncle; in a patrilineal society he inherits from his father. The relation of father and son in a patrilineal society is a closer one than any relation between males which exists in a matrilineal society, for, as we have seen, the functions which we naturally attribute to the father are divided in a matrilineal society between the father and the maternal uncle, affection and care coming from the father, while power and property come from the maternal uncle. It is clear, therefore, that the patriarchal family is a more closely knit affair than the family of a more primitive type.It would seem that it is only with the introduction of the patriarchal system that men came to desire virginity in their brides. Where the matrilineal system exists young women sow their wild oats as freely as young men, but this could not be tolerated when it became of great importance to persuade women that all intercourse outside marriage is wicked. |