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Woman, by William J. Robinson

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Title: Woman Her Sex and Love Life
Author: William J. Robinson

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WOMAN
Her Sex And Love Life
by
WILLIAM J. ROBINSON, M.D.
Chief of the Department of Genito-Urinary Diseases and Dermatology,
Bronx Hospital Dispensary Editor of the American Journal of Urology
and Sexology; Editor of The Critic and Guide; Author of Treatment of
Sexual Impotence and Other Sexual Disorders in Men and Women;
Treatment of Gonorrhea in Men and Women; Limitation of Offspring
by the Prevention of Conception; Sex Knowledge for Girls and Women;
Sexual Problems of Today; Never-Told Tales; Eugenics and Marriage,
etc. Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, of the American
Medical Editors' Association, American Medical Association, New
York State Medical Society, Internationale Gesellschaft für
Sexualforschung, American Genetic Association, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, American Urological
Association, etc., etc.
Illustrated
Twenty-First Edition

1929 Eugenics Publishing Company New York
Copyright, 1917, by Eugenics Publishing Company
Press of J.J. Little & Ives Co. New York

THE CREATION OF WOMAN
This old Oriental legend is so exquisitely charming, so superior to the
Biblical narrative of the creation of woman, that it deserves to be
reproduced in WOMAN: HER SEX AND LOVE LIFE. There are
several variants of this legend, but I reproduce it as it appeared in the
first issue of THE CRITIC AND GUIDE, January, 1903.
At the beginning of time, Twashtri--the Vulcan of Hindu
mythology--created the world. But when he wished to create a woman,
he found that he had employed all his materials in the creation of man.
There did not remain one solid element. Then Twashtri, perplexed, fell
into a profound meditation from which he aroused himself and
proceeded as follows:
He took the roundness of the moon, the undulations of the serpent, the
entwinement of clinging plants, the trembling of the grass, the
slenderness of the rose-vine and the velvet of the flower, the lightness
of the leaf and the glance of the fawn, the gaiety of the sun's rays and
tears of the mist, the inconstancy of the wind and the timidity of the
hare, the vanity of the peacock and the softness of the down on the
throat of the swallow, the hardness of the diamond, the sweet flavor of
honey and the cruelty of the tiger, the warmth of fire, the chill of snow,
the chatter of the jay and the cooing of the turtle dove.
He combined all these and formed a woman. Then he made a present of
her to man. Eight days later the man came to Twashtri, and said: "My
Lord, the creature you gave me poisons my existence. She chatters
without rest, she takes all my time, she laments for nothing at all, and is
always ill; take her back;" and Twashtri took the woman back.

But eight days later the man came again to the god and said: "My Lord,
my life is very solitary since I returned this creature. I remember she
danced before me, singing. I recall how she glanced at me from the
corner of her eye, how she played with me, clung to me. Give her back
to me," and Twashtri returned the woman to him. Three days only
passed and Twashtri saw the man coming to him again. "My Lord,"
said he, "I do not understand exactly how it is, but I am sure that the
woman causes me more annoyance than pleasure. I beg you to relieve
me of her."
But Twashtri cried: "Go your way and do the best you can." And the
man cried: "I cannot live with her!" "Neither can you live without her!"
replied Twashtri.
And