Status Updates From The Wealth of Nations

"A half-starved Highland woman frequently bears more than twenty children, while a pampered fine lady is often incapable of bearing any, & is generally exhausted by two or three. Barrenness, so frequent among women of fashion, is very rare among those of inferior station. Luxury in the fair sex...seems always to weaken, & frequently to destroy altogether, the powers of generation" (33).

not rating this because i don’t think it’s meant to be rated. bleh, economic theory, reason as inherent and a misunderstanding of animals.