Nor has she ceased to consider man's life more desirable than woman's.
The present effort of the serious-minded to meet the case takes two general directions, natural enough outgrowths of the original militancy.

The first of these is a frank advocacy of celibacy.
"_Celibacy is the aristocracy of the future_," is the preaching of one European feminist.

It is a modification of the scheme by which the medieval woman sought to escape unrest.

Four hundred years ago a woman sought celibacy as an escape from sin; service and righteousness were her aim.

To-day she adopts it to escape inferiority and servitude; superiority and freedom her aim.
The ranks of the woman celibates are not full.