Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-03
Antipathy Of the Sexes.

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Observation goes to force upon US
the unwelcome conclusion that the
pretended tondness Of the two sexes
for one another Is the great funda-
mental hypocrisy Of the race. It would
be unfair TO dwelltoo much on the cir
cumstance that they make one smother
uncomfortable In = way that men
never make men nor women women,
taking that fact BY itself. This might
be mere result Of their being diuer-
ent. But a review Of the whole case
tends TO establish a general incompati-
bIlity between the two. Things Will
have to alter very much II men anu
women arc over to get along well to-
Rether. The pretence that they are
dying OF sheer liking for one another,
is not only not proved. but 1t ls dis.
proved. Not merely Is that Kind OF
mortality wholly absent from the re-
turns, but after all these centuries the
two sexes greatly keep aloof from one
another. Whenever you can get q
glimpse Of their true tendencies, IL
comes out clearly enough that men ana
women are domestic creatures under
compuision. Their real wish Is Tor
partial combination. All kinds OF So
cial contrivances have been tried, the
real purpose Of which, no matter now
It may be disguised. Is to separate the
sexes. and so secure for each the pleas
ure Of being only in its own society;
There Is no sacrifice that men VIII
not make to get this luxury. Ihey
will support the costliest clubs. they
will smoke. they will pretend any SOFT
OF recreation from cards down 10 OIL
lizards, sooner than net be apart from
women q portion OF their time. Inc
like thing holds Of the ladies IN their
own way. The Inability OF men 70
stay at home allows their wives 10
assemble mutual clubs In their own
drawing rooms, and they do so. For
one club the men have the WOMEN
have hundreds-ju't sas many as ,nele
are houses. IL Is all very well 70 ueS'y
this douinion. hut OF what use Is .le,s
II It arises out of an incurable antips-
tbye The truth Il, the tastes oil Tue
sexes radically differ. AT home, teml'
nine likings prevail, and there Is no
man that, IL not more or less aware
that the minor arrangements ahu Tue
wonderful and, to him, superiuous
filagree orna me entation Of his house are
not for him. nor for his sex that Is
the admiration Of their own KIND, hot
the opposite one. they lay themselves
most out for. Men aud women are III
a perpetual condition Of surprise, anu
scoff at each others styles, both Away
self-complacent. and altogether omit
ting criticism OF, their own, -.
The dress OF the sexes utterly ialis M
of the captivation of another. Ins
fashionable doings of the one are mys.
tsries to the other; for nine-tenths OF
the time their attire Is an offence 70
one another. Mutual criticism on the
point has not the slightest recognition,
nor do the modes affect each othei
save In the most rudimentary way.
Each take their own course. IL Is ho'
for the young ladies that the young
men put on their wonderful neeSties'
their sleek fur collars, their astoni,h'
ing jewelry. any more than it Is OF the
male dandies the young women stay
thinking ahd hesitatinS so long over
the pattern Of q lace or the tint OF
parasol. Men never notice the pattern
of the lace; they pay little heed to all
umbrella, unless 1t Is one man Is car
ryins, Both have In their eye those
who can understand them best-tneii
own sex. Conversation equally De
trays this natural opposition. 4.
II the sexes had real respect for ono
another, would they indulge IN tlios.
unbelievable compliments? Neitne'
does IL TO those Of their own kine
whom they honestly like. The artih
c,ai styte Of talk which is the tradition
ary custom OF the sexes, iSplainiy tha
~ creatures who do not understand
each other and have mutual suspicious
Rsing strange, they betake themseise
- cemplirne,lts. A, qualification II
reference to the family relation mas .
~ .ro a man his mother is not wo
man-shs Ia q divinity; the like parti!
holds i'm q girl of her father; an.
hrotber, and Sisters are not OF any sex
Rn. oet outside OF this non-.exuai CIT
Gle and the antipathy quickly come
into play. Boys nearly hate glrls
and the IeeithS 10 a,, ag.
care nothing for women OF any ny
except as nurses; old women creep 70
ssther. It 10 only during the centra
Sortion of life that the sexes can o
so,a no bs civil to one another. IL
S.c, n nature had not forced men am
~on.o 10 love each other during tina
~or,;om wU Twllly-niIly. and give then
Po's'Tt Tt.,.d;hIs and perplexing brib'
Of % children. it Is doubtful whethe
they would have any mutual mutual, i,S,ng ,SnI,
Love Is all that exists between them
The score of other feelings Of under
standing, sympathy, of appreeiatiiv,, ',
rssnect of rational emulation whiel
man have for men and women Tor wo
.nen neither sex has for the other
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