[wagglebee]

You are correct, the phrase was the "marriage bed."

[Sherman Logan]

If interested, here’s the book that supposedly contains the quote.

https://archive.org/stream/womannewrace00sang#page/n263/mode/2up

I searched it. “Bed” is not found, neither is “degenerative.”

“Marriage” has about 25 cites. I looked at each of them, and her position on marriage would be considered generally unexceptional almost anywhere in America today, including FR.