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The prestige in the subject of free love of Armand within anarchist circles was such as to motivate the young Argentinian anarchist América Scarfó to ask Armand in a letter on advice as to how to deal with the relationship she had with notorious Italian anarchist Severino Di Giovanni.

Di Giovanni was still married when they began the relationship.

" The letter was published in L ’ en dehors " on 20 January 1929 under the title "' An Experience ', together with the reply from E. Armand ".

Armand replied to Scarfó, " Comrade: My opinion matters little in this matter you send me about what you are doing.

Are you or are you not intimately in accord with your personal conception of the anarchist life?

If you are, then ignore the comments and insults of others and carry on following your own path.

No one has the right to judge your way of conducting yourself, even if it were the case that your friend's wife be hostile to these relations.

Every woman united to an anarchist ( or vice versa ), knows very well that she should not exercise on him, or accept from him, domination of any kind.