CHAPTER X

MOTHERHOOD AND PROSTITUTION 214

Special characterology of woman -- Mother and prostitute -- Relation of two types to the child -- Woman polygamous -- Analogies between motherhood and sexuality -- Motherhood and the race -- Maternal love ethically indifferent -- The prostitute careless of the race -- The prostitute, the criminal and the conqueror -- Emperor and prostitute -- Motive of the prostitute -- Coitus an end in itself -- Coquetry -- The sensations of the woman in coitus in relation to the rest of her life -- The prostitute as the enemy -- The friend of life and its enemy -- No prostitution amongst animals -- Its origin a mystery