The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-18

lefeat Of her intellectual life An emo Z
ion. the misdirection Or disappointment Of
which is capable of inducing large per !
entum Of insane in one sex over the other,
Just surely differ in degree and kind. Ger
ainlv we must credit this excess on the
,art Of women with an important physical
actor, aside from that pf sex proper-be-
M Of less hardy development than man
,ut these physical pcculiarities permit sex
o assel the most potent physical effect to
he degree Of shaping the actions or destiny
# woman. 1t viii suffice, to illustrate the
TACT referred to, to lake the figures from the
report Of two asylums for the insane-the
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, and
The Michigan Asylum. Of al insane men
and women received into these institutions,
whose supposed cause Of insanity could be
traced to disappointed affections, 81 were
women, and 81 were men. These figures |
are taken from an excess Of 454 male over |
female inmates. Now, the figures, as we
gather them from asylum reports, show that
women are no more prone to insanity than
men. It is natural to conclude that speci-
&c cause leading to insanity in. ne sex over
the other exists with greater force IN one
than ia the other, and no, that one seq is
less able 10 bear the operation of the speci-
&c cause. @
There are many well-known facts in
physiology, some Of them brought out with
remarkable force during the employment, Of
anaesthetics; other facts obtained FROM .
state Of organic disease, and others from
functional arrangements, which tend to
prove the sexual origin Of love, but which
would be out Of place in paper Of this
character. But there 10 really no doubt
expressed by modern writer. on physiolo-
~ or psych ology that this emotion 10 due to
! sexual origin. Proof, such as have adj
vanced, becomes necessary from the popu-
lar scope Of this paper. and that I hsvc
grouped series Of mental acts, and ap
piled to them the name Of sexual cerebra-
ton. s4e
| offer, in conclusion, some general facts
tending to define . fundamental difference
ia the mental operations Of men and women.
NJ Quetelet has shown that the propensity
10 crime existing in mass Of people bears
mathematical ratio, both as to its degree
and the sex Of the perpetrators, to the total
Of population year by year. The certainty
Of this ratio is the result Of law, which has
it's origin in the forces phich nttogeth-
er mass Of men under the name Of society.
and women If the same community, - TO
tie nature and extent Of the commission OF
crime, must be the product Of the mental
and physical peculiarities Of sex. Thus,
the author shows that the propensity to
crime i sboat four times . great = 10 NO.
men, in France. Now, while this holds
true - TO crime in general i does not
. to crime in particular. In poison
L =
while in murder the difference falls to ia
100. II We define the propensity to crime
By the enormity Of the o6snse, W And the
ratio Of NJ. Quetelet reduced just one half,
- the crime Of parricids gives the ratio Of
SO to 100. Contrasting with this last Of
fence the wounding Of parents, the ratio
falls 70 e. Az the fast u wound involves
The necessity Of personal encounter. We
perceive that women instiactivsly Ii may
use the word-shrink from this; therefore,
in estimating TIE means ~ which the par
ricides, - greatly eDcsediag the ratio Of
other murders, were acoemplishsd, it u ev-
ident that some method peculiar 70 women
entered largely into the crime. Next. tax
ing into consideration two crimes, which
may, inferrential!y, b aitribatsd largely
to the motive Of revenge 10 both sexes, W
6nd for that Of incendiarism ratio of 81,
and for that Of asssssiAalion : ratio .. bui
II in 100. Prom this It II evidsat that the
propensity = crime end the degree 70 which
womso recoilfrom psblieitJ in its execution
are widely different matters, and are traits
which distinguish women from men in the
perpstration Of crime. So marked - thi,
trait that the anthor, in anything crime il
general with reference TO sex, ssys Tia
..their numbers diminish 10 proportion &C.
cording to the necessity Of the greatest
publicity before the crime can Be psrpetrat
, ed" There are other facts to be reachet
, ia this direction showing the extent 4
. which women's criminal acts are affected b.
: sexual peculiarities. In the two great di
visions Of crime, that against persons m.
,, that against property, We find that the ser
, e are engaged in almost . constant ratie
. This il fixed for series Of years FOR Ii
, first class Of crimes q 0.16, and for the sec
, ond It O.26. In connection with this i
: fact, which reiterstes itself with the fore
!. Of . lsw. Il 10 found that the properties
. Of the sexes sngaged in the crimes againi
4 persons and property represent very nearl
!. the same ratio = that Of the strength of Il
!. two sexes, is 10 Is. The law which cor
trolls the commission Of crime By the sex.
!. evidently cannot be reduced 70 the formul
II difference In the propensity 10 Grin
4 dependent upon the relative morality ,
8 men and women, but i governed By ment,
! sad physical sexual peculiarities. All the
= 6gures relate to feur years previeusto 163
pyI We obtained On idea u love diGsrential
. - il exists IN the sexes By observing q
- degree t. which il affects men and WON.
J. - probable cause Of insanity. II the saa
10 nanner I think We can gain knowledge
10 Of the conparative intensity with VIII
u emotions and states Of coosciousneeG, col
= moato b<th sexes, exist II infellection, by 9
. serving The exteat 70 which they reset =
y probable eaass u oeatal alienation !
=, ny purpess shall ~ D.. KiskbFide'S ]
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