Self-maintenance

Self-maintenance builds society towards survival, while excessive self-gratification threatens civilization with extinction. (68:2.2,3,11)

Home building is largely a matter of self-maintenance, an essential function of human existence that implies the evolution of society. 68:2.9 84:0.2-3

The institutions of self-maintenance encompass practices rooted in food hunger and self-preservation instincts, such as industry, property, war for gain, and societal regulations. 69:1.3

Individual rebellion against societal sex regulations has created an agelong sex problem, where self-maintenance is carried on by the group, while self-perpetuation is secured by individual impulse. 82:3.2

Self-maintenance leads to self-preservation in the security age. 50:5.5

Woman is man's equal in self-perpetuation, but bears a decided disadvantage in self-maintenance which can only be compensated by advancing civilization and man's sense of fairness. 84:5.1