![]() ![]() It's easy enough for us to feel superior to Darwin and his fellow Victorians, with their unenlightened assumptions about women and the dangers of everything from ''bodily emanations'' to the ''promiscuous'' mixing of personal garments at commercial laundries. ''Only picture to yourself,'' Darwin continued, his enthusiasm building, ''a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire. Better than a dog anyhow.'' ''Home, & someone to take care of house'' was, of course, was pretty much a given. who will feel interested in one, - object to be beloved and played with. ![]() Balanced against items like ''cannot read in the Evenings'' and ''forced to visit relatives'' were the supposed benefits of connubial bliss: ''Charms of music & female chit-chat'' and ''Constant companion. CONSIDERING the prospect of marriage, Charles Darwin jotted down a list of pros and cons. ![]()
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