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The Family and it’s Members

CHAPTER III
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What, in general, have been the social demands upon husbands and fathers, and how have these been met in the past?
2.

What effect has the new freedom of women had upon the autonomy of the family and the legal obligations of the husband and father?
3.

Should the relation of men and women to family life be identical?
If not, why not?
If so, what new agencies can or should be developed to secure what husbands and fathers are now legally obligated to provide?
4.

What ideal of fatherhood should we now secure and maintain?
5.

In Minnesota, recent bills presented to the Legislature "relating to and regulating marriage" include among the items "prohibition of marriage within six months after a divorce has been granted from a former spouse; and forbidding of marriage between persons either one of whom is epileptic, imbecile, feeble-minded, insane, an habitual drunkard, affected with a venereal disease, or addicted to the use of opium, morphine, or cocaine." This indicates the trend of newer laws regulating marriage.


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