Show SINGLE STANDARD 1 TO RULE IN INN THIS K S. S F. F COURT N N. N E. E A A. A Staff Special SAN FRANCISCO April The 16 The fallen alien man I is to be treated exa exactly Uy like the the fallen fallen woman woman he hereafter in San San Fran Fran- cisco deco J This is Is' the edict of Judge Henry M. M Owen who who- presides over overA the womans woman's court here After twenty years of ot study of the social evil both as a physician and as a jurist Judge Owen has de decided decided decided de- de that what Is sauce for the goose gooses Is s sau sauce for the gander and he ha has de determined determined determined de- de that henceforth the single standard of morality will be the rule of conduct in his bailiwick Weve got to shame men info into being as decent as women said Judge Owen So far tar as the fallen woman is concerned con con- we have reversed the Adam and Eve Legend There la SIS no fallen woman without them an who tempted her In February 1920 Judge Owen Owen- examined examIned exam- exam Ined ned night life women with the aid of a psychologist and a sociologist Of f these these- 60 50 per cent were in in- inthe the business business business busi busi- ness because they had been improperly educated to cope with the conditions of life Ife Thirty per cent had beep been seduced Into nto the lif life under promise of marriage Twenty per cent were in the life because because because be be- cause they had a child or aged parent to support and could not do it on the theS the'S S 'S small wage paid them for work O Judge J Owen alto found further he heO that t. t only 5 per cent of the women could tolerate the life Ife and wanted to remain in it Sixty per cent of them had a man to whose support they were contributing Of the number 60 per cent were mentally deficient deficient deficient de de- de- de and 40 per cent could by education education education tion be made into stenographers teachers teachers teachers teach teach- ers or mothers Every Everyone one of oC these women said Judge Owen had the stigma cast upon her of being unfit to marry by reason of the occupation forced upon her by byman man And yet the men paramours paramours- often lower er ower in moral standards are welcomed Into nto refined homes denied these women women wom wom- en en I see no Ito reason why this distinction distinction distinction dis dis- dis- dis should be made and hence forth Jt It will not be made in my court coutt Judge Owen does not believe in punishing pun either the man or woman except to o protect society from the spread of disease In every case in his court now he makes the man submit to the same examination as the woman In the meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time he is Is' Is appealing through the churches and other channels for an aroused public opinion that will hold the n equally responsible n with the woman m and he is also working kl for a state Institution In which women of ot the underworld may learn trades and help themselves back to normal life |