[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915) › v1.c2.6 # Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c2.6 Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c2.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c2.6) He may be interested, for example, in the pressing and clamorous problem of the relations of the sexes. He appreciates the necessity for a historical background to his study, so far as his own civilization is concerned, and this he can secure without any very great difficulty. But when a book appears or something happens which draws his attention to the same fundamental problem in another civilization, he is at a loss, because, so far as he is concerned, the necessary background is lacking. It is utterly irrational for a western reader to form a judgment or even an opinion upon the questions so luridly propounded in Miss Mayo’s \*Mother India\*, without such a background. It is also politically dangerous. Unfortunately, it has been very difficult to secure any such scientific and impartial attitude. - [Previous: v1.c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c2.5) - [Next: v1.c2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c2.7) - [Up: v1.c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v1.c2.6) · Pramāṇa