“One of the supports of the authoritarian family is the ideology of the “blessings of large families.” This ideology is upheld…
“One of the supports of the authoritarian family is the ideology of the “blessings of large families.” This ideology is upheld not so much in the interests of imperialistic wars but in the interests of a more important function: that of depreciating woman’s sexual function compared with her function of procreation. The antithesis of “mother” and “whore,” as for example in the writings of the philosopher Weininger, correspond to the antithesis between sexual desire and procreation in the thinking of the reactionary individual. According to these concepts, the sexual act for pleasure degrades the woman and mother; she who affirms pleasure and lives accordingly is a “whore.” The concept that sexuality is moral only when in the service of procreation is the core of reactionary sex politics.”— Wilhelm Reich, The Mass Psychology of Fascism p. 89-90