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Unwin concluded from his study that historically ascendant and expansive peoples invariably practiced sexual restraint before marriage;enforcing monogamy through social and/or legal avenues. | Unwin concluded from his study that historically ascendant and expansive peoples invariably practiced sexual restraint before marriage;enforcing monogamy through social and/or legal avenues. | ||
Unwin found that when the cultures he examined achieved prosperity, this resulted in sexual license becoming widespread and socially accepted. Unwin stated this then led to the "expansive energy" of these cultures invariably dissipating, leading to these cultures degenerating or collapsing. Unwin claimed this process of societal decline was irrevocable, once it was initiated by sexual license. He also stated that this process | Unwin found that when the cultures he examined achieved prosperity, this resulted in sexual license becoming widespread and socially accepted. Unwin stated this then led to the "expansive energy" of these cultures invariably dissipating, leading to these cultures degenerating or collapsing. Unwin claimed this process of societal decline was irrevocable, once it was initiated by sexual license. He also stated that this process of decline was rapid as the introduction of widespread sexual license writing: "In human records there is no instance of a society retaining its energy after a complete new generation has inherited a tradition which does not insist on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial continence." | ||
This was despite the fact that he expressed support for some feminist ideas, like legal equality between the sexes, which he claimed was crucial to the institution of monogamy being preserved. He also claimed that there was evidence that female legal equality and absolute monogamy could co-exist. | This was despite the fact that he expressed support for some feminist ideas, like legal equality between the sexes, which he claimed was crucial to the institution of monogamy being preserved. He also claimed that there was evidence that female legal equality and absolute monogamy could co-exist. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/b20442580 Sex and Culture (full)] | *[https://archive.org/details/b20442580 Sex and Culture (full)] | ||