A PROBABLE EFFECT OF GIVING WOMEN THE VOTE
The political emancipation of women is likely to lead to a comparatively stringent enforcement by law of s****l morality (that is why so many of us dread it); and this will soon compel us to consider what our s****l morality shall be. At present a ridiculous distinction is made between vice and crime, in order that men may be vicious with impunity. a******y, for instance, though it is sometimes fiercely punished by giving an injured husband crushing damages in a divorce suit (injured wives are not considered in this way), is not now directly prosecuted; and this impunity extends to illicit relations between unmarried persons who have reached what is called the age of consent. There are other matters, such as notification of contagious disease and
