Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill CH PCwas a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949... (wikipedia)
Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without question.
Prize-fighting is still accepted as a display worthy of a civilized people despite the fact that all those connected with it are fully aware it caters to the latent sadistic instincts.
I learned that economics was not an exact science and that the most erudite men would analyze the economic ills of the world and derive a totally different conclusion.