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'''Description of Artwork:''' Heywood's 23-page pamphlet, ''Cupid's Yokes'', is a critique of the institution of marriage. It argues that it is nothing more than a social contract that makes a woman into a "prostitute for life." Free love, he says, would create more equality amongst the sexes and shift sexuality from being something desired to something under the control of reason. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' Heywood's 23-page pamphlet, ''Cupid's Yokes'', is a critique of the institution of marriage. It argues that it is nothing more than a social contract that makes a woman into a "prostitute for life." Free love, he says, would create more equality amongst the sexes and shift sexuality from being something desired to something under the control of reason. <P> | ||
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'''The Incident:''' In summer of 1877, Anthony Comstock arrested Heywood on the charges of mailing obscene publications. He was found guilty the following June after a brief trial in Boston and sent to prison for two years. <P> | '''The Incident:''' In summer of 1877, Anthony Comstock arrested Heywood on the charges of mailing obscene publications. He was found guilty the following June after a brief trial in Boston and sent to prison for two years. <P> | ||
