[mrsmel]

I read an excellent biography of Louisa May Alcott and the transcendentalists that went into this matter, only from the leftist perspective. But even from the other side, it somewhat explained how that whole silly movement tied into feminism and liberal politics. As ever with liberals, they loved all mankind and demanded rights for women in general, while treating their own wives shabbily.

[familyop]

"As ever with liberals, they loved all mankind and demanded rights for women in general, while treating their own wives shabbily."

Agreed, as did Henry Beecher, who preached in favor of adultery by way of romanticism and indulged in it with another man's wife.