Marriage Guidance Brains Trust
| Published date | 01 March 1947 |
| Date | 01 March 1947 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/026455054700500812 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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MARRIAGE
GUIDANCE
BRAINS
TRUST
Below
are
given
16
questions
submitted
for
considera-
tion
at
a
recent
Trust.
Readers
may
wish
to
produce
their
own
answers.
(1)
In
the
choice
of
a
child’s
career,
how
far
should
the
child
be
given
freedom,
and
how
far
should
the
parents
have
authority?
(2)
How
are
you
to
know,
when
you
are
engaged,
that
the
partner
that
you
have
chosen
is
the
right
one?
(3)
Do
you
think
that
it
is
a
good
thing
for
husbands
and
wives
to
take
their
holidays
apart?
(4)
What
can
a
married
couple
do
about
going
out
in
the
evening
together
when
they
have
small
children?
(5)
Is
it
wise
for
people
of
different
denominations
to
marry?
(6)
How
much
or
how
little
does
money
contribute
to
the
success
of
married
life?
(7)
Is
it
wise
for
people
to
have
friends
of
the
opposite
sex
after
marriage?
(8)
In
the
case
of
an
unhappy
marriage,
is
greater
harm
done
to
the
children
by
the
parents
remaining
together
amid
constant
quarrellings,
or
by
breaking
up
the
home?
(9)
What
can
be
done
in
a
case
where
the
husband
and
wife
have
nothing
serious
against
each
other,
but
just
&dquo; get
under
each
other’s
skin
&dquo;?
(10)
If
a
man
with
children
finds
that
his
wife
has
been
unfaithful,
is
he
setting
a
higher
example
of
morality
by
refusing
to
let
her
remain
in
the
house,
or
by
forgiving
her?
(11)
Where
a
couple
have
had
relations
with
each
other
before
marriage,
is
this
likely
to
affect
their
ultimate
happiness,
and
what
are
the
arguments
for
waiting
till
after
marriage?
(12)
What
in
your
opinion
is
the
main
cause
for
the
high
broken
marriage
rate,
and
how
is
it
to
be
remedied?
(13)
Unless
it
is
a
financial
necessity,
do
you
think
that
it
is
a
good
thing
for
a
wife
to
do
a
whole-time
job?
Will
not
her
husband
or
her
home
suffer?
.
(14)
How
can
those
wishing
for
education
in
matters
of
sex,
best
obtain
this
information.
(15)
If
you
begin
to
wonder
during
your
engagement,
whether
you
are
in
love,
does
this
mean
that
you
are
not,
or
is it
a
natural
hesitation
before
taking
the
plunge?
(16)
How
can
parents
set
right
standards
before
their
children
without
being
too
strict
with
them?
HOWARD
LEAGUE
FOR
PENAL
REFORM
Viscount
Templewood,
who,
as
Sir
Samuel
Hoare,
piloted
the
Criminal
Justice
Bill
of
1938
through
the
House
of
Commons,
and
who
has
recently
raised
the
question
of
penal
reform
in
a
debate
in
the
House
of
Lords,
has
accepted
the
office
of
President
of
the
Howard
League
for
Penal
Reform.
IT
ARRIVED !
I
Mr.
Hall,
Probation
Officer
of
Bamsley,
recently
re-
ceived
a
telegram
addressed:
&dquo;Hell
Probation
Office
3
Eastgate
Barnsley.
The
Post
Office
evidently
knew
the
answer !
EQUAL
PAY
(Contributed)
Probation
Service
&dquo;When
the
Royal
Commission
published
its
report
in
November,
1946,
men
and
women
in
the
Probation
Service
received
the
same
salary
for
the
first
eleven
years.
The
men
then
advanced
by
annual
increments
of
~,’18
to
a
maximum
of
£ 450,
the
women
remaining
stationary.
To-
day,
with
the
new
rates,
even
more
discrimination
is
shown.
Up
to
the
age
of
30,
women
receive
£ 15
p.a.
less
than
men
of
the
same
age;
beyond
the
age
of
30
there
is
an
increase
of
£ 15
p.a.
for
every
year
of
service,
both
for
men
and
women,
up
to
£460
p.a.
Beyond
that
point,
men
advance
by
£ 20
p.a.
to
a
maximum
of
£ 5’10
p.a.;
women
remain
stationary.
Yet
the
work
undertaken
is
the
same
and
candidates
are
expected
to
have
the
same
qualifica-
tions.
Indeed,
before
the
war
the
experience
of
the
Home
Department
was
that
the
education
and
other
qualifica-
tions
of
women
candidates
tended
to
be
higher
on
average
than
those
of
the
men.&dquo;
Professions
&dquo;Concerning
the
professions,
it is
agreed
that
those
persons
who
are
remunerated
by
fee
do
not
vary
that
fee
according
to
sex.
No
woman
with
professional
status
charges
a
lower
minimum
fee
than
a
man
with
the
same
status.
Appointments
made
within
the
last
few
months
to
the
United
Nations
Organisation
have
carried
the
salary
for
the
job,
and
this
has
not
varied
according
to
sex.
Cabinet
Ministers,
M.P.s,
magistrates,
U.N.R.R.A.
and
B.B.C.
officials
also
receive
the
rate
for
the
job.&dquo;
The
above
paragraphs
are
taken
from
a
pamphlet
entitled
&dquo;What
Is
She
Worth?&dquo;
written
by
Elaine
Burton
and
recently
published
by
Fitzroy
Publications.
Many
women
probation
officers
carry
an
equal
case
load
with
their
men
colleagues
and
some
even
heavier
6nes,
although
it
is
recognised
that
female
cases are
more
difhcult
than
male.
So
far,
then,
as
probation
officers
are
concerned,
the
present
inequality
is
strangely
marked,
namely,
they
have
equal
if
not
superior
qualifications;
equal
if not
heavier
case
work
is
expected
from
them,
but
unequal
and
lower
remuneration
and
pension
are
paid
to
them.
Most
women
officers
would
be
deterred
from
applying
for
a
recent
vacancy
for
a
Deputy
Principal
Probation
Officers
where
she
was
expected
to
take
the
same
respon-
sibility
and
carry
out
the
same
duties
as
a
man,
but
at
a
salary
which
at
its
maximum
was
equivalent
to
the
man’s
minimum.
The
efforts
of
the
Civil
Servants’
Association
for
recognition
of
equality
as
in
the
professions
such
as
law
and
medicine,
are
of
particular
interest
to
probation
officers.
Presumably,
if
they
achieve
their
object,
the
women
Inspectors
in
the
Probation
Branch
will
benefit
thereby,
and,
if
the
policy
followed
by
the
Probation
Branch
in
respect
of
war
bonus
is
continued,
it
would
mean
that
the
women
probation
officers
would
also
benefit
eventually.
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