criminal psychology-第115章

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s：　‘‘What　nature　demands　of　woman　is　complete　surrender　to　man；''　and　the　second：　‘‘Love　is　a　voluntary　slavery　for　which　woman　craves　by　nature。''　Here　we　find　the　explanation　of　all　those　phenomena　in　which　the　will　of　the　wife　seems　dead　beside　that　of　the　husband。　If　a　woman　once　depends　on　a　man　she　follows　him　everywhere；　and　even　if　he　commits　the　most　disgusting　crimes　she　helps　him　and　is　his　loyalest　comrade。　We　simply　catalogue　the　situation　as　complicity；　but　we　have　no　statutes　for　the　fact　that　the　woman　naturally　could　do　nothing　else。　We　do　not　find　it　easy　to　discover　the　accomplices　of　a　man　guilty　of　a　crime；　but　if　there　is　a　woman　who　really　loves　him　we　may　be　sure　that　she　is　one　of　them。

For　the　same　reason　women　often　bear　interminably　long　maltreatment　at　the　hands　of　their　husbands　or　lovers。　We　think　of　extraordinary　motives；　but　the　whole　thing　is　explained　if　the　motive　was　really　feminine　love。　It　will　be　more　difficult　for　us　to　believe　in　this　love　when　the　man　is　physically　and　mentally　not　an　object　of　love。　But　the　motives　of　causes　of　love　of　woman　for　man；　though　much　discussed；　have　never　been　satisfactorily　determined。　Some　authorities　make　strength　and　courage　the　motives；　but　there　are　innumerable　objections；　for　historic　lovers　have　been　weak　and　cowardly；　intellectual　rather　than　foolish；　though　Schopenhauer　says；　that　intelligence　and　genius　are　distasteful　to　women。　No　fixed　reasons　can　be　assigned。　We　have　to　accept　the　fact　that　a　most　disgusting　man　is　often　loved　by　a　most　lovely　woman。　We　have　to　believe　that　love　of　man　turns　women　from　their　romantic　ideals。　There　has　been　the　mistaken　notion　that　only　a　common　crime　compels　a　woman　to　remain　loyally　with　a　thoroughly　worthless　　man；　and　again；　it　has　been　erroneously　supposed　that　a　certain　woman　who　refused　a　most　desirable　heirloom　left　her　by　a　man；　must　have　known　of　some　great　crime　committed　by　him。　But　we　need　no　other　motive　for　this　action　than　her　infinite　love；　and　the　reason　of　that　infinity　we　find　in　the　nature　of　that　love。　It　is；　in　fact；　woman's　life；　whereas　it　is　an　episode　in　the　life　of　man。　Of　course；　we　are　not　here　speaking　of　transitory　inclinations；　or　flirtations；　but　of　that　great　and　profound　love　which　all　women　of　all　classes　know；　and　this　love　is　overmastering；　it　conquers　everything；　it　forgives　everything；　it　endures　everything。

There　is　still　another　inexplicable　thing。　Eager　as　man　is　to　find　his　woman　virgin；　woman　cares　little　about　the　similar　thing　in　man。　Only　the　very　young；　pure；　inexperienced　girl　feels　an　instinctive　revulsion　from　the　real　rou