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50 Strindberg
to-day; and, no doubt, they were even more an
tagonistic to the male in Strindberg s time.
It is only too true that woman is paying back
what she has endured for centuries humiliation,
subjection, and bondage. But making oneself
free through the enslavement of another, is by
no means a step toward advancement. Woman
must grow to understand that the father is as vital
a factor in the life of the child as is the mother.
Such a realization would help very much to mini
mize the conflict between the sexes.
Of course, that is not the only cause of the
conflict. There is another, as expressed by Laura:
"
Do you remember when I first came into your
life, I was like a second mother? . . . I loved you
as my child. But . . . when the nature of your
feelings changed and you appeared as my lover,
I blushed, and your embraces were joy that was
followed by remorseful conscience as if my blood
were ashamed."
The vile thought instilled into woman by the
Church and Puritanism that sex expression without
the purpose of procreation is immoral, has been a
most degrading influence. It has poisoned the
life of thousands of women who similarly suffer
"
remorseful conscience ";
therefore their disgust
and hatred of the man; therefore also the conflict.
Must it
always be thus? Even Strindberg does
not think so. Else he would not plead in behalf
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