Examining a text from 1923

In Chapter three, the text explains how reading is an open ended process, the myriad of ways in which a book is interpreted is dependent on the social context in which it was written. When coming upon a book titled, "Is Sex Really Necessary?" written in 1923, I was dumbfounded at the way in which women were viewed as the weaker sex in this era. Many times I would stop after reading a page and just imagine the kind of outrage such a work would bring if it was reprinted in todays modern society.
In one particular section of the book, the author explains what a married couple should do if they decide to part ways. The author explains that due to the stress and disorganization the husband would go through having dirty laundry pile up and no wife to look after such chores, the mans life would be disrupted and disorderly. He comes to the conclusion that the married couple should in fact not seperate due to this fact alone.
Later in the text there is a chapter titled, "How Children Should Talk to their Parents About Sex". This part tells the assumed adult child how to go about carefully discussing sexual intercourse with their parents, and suggestions how to make the conversation go smoothly. It was after reading this that I now fully realized how different life was in the 1920's. Examining a work like this now, puts into perspective how much our society has evolved. When it was published in 1923, the author wrote this book as a sort of self-help for the common male dealing with the trials and tribulations of the female counterpart.
In Chapter Five the book goes on to explain several of the inevitable conundrums the male will face when deciding whether or not to marry his beloved lady. My personal favorite is the instance of the males indeciveness when not knowing if his beautiful girlfriend will stay that way throughout her life. The author says the best way to figure out if her beauty is withstanding is to size up her mother as soon as possible. If her mother is plump and rotund, then by god the author advises, do not marry this one!
This text is absurd, when analyzed in present day, after decades of Women's Rights groups have been established along with an entire Feminist Movement. Instead of reading a history book about the early part of the 1920's, I suggest finding a work like this one so your idea of womens rights and the countries mindset at the time can be fully understood.