humorous sexism in political theory, episode #1,232

[jmhudson]

Now it is easy to see that the moral aspect of love is an artificial sentiment born of social custom, and extolled by women with so much skill and care in order to establish their hegemony and make dominant the sex that ought to obey.
Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Rousseau had a sort of open relationship with his maid his whole life. They had several children, all of which he left as orphans at birth.