, 1881-12-04
DIFFERENCES OF SEX.
A: Frenchman's Geological: Treatment
=. Of the Question. r.
e-eminence Of the Masculine Sex in Al
most Every Particular,


And that Pre-en1inence Increased b,
Equality in Instruction..
G. D<launev in Popular Science Monthly
The sentimental prctensions put for,Sar
by Il political school which holds that woma
is intellectually the equal of man, give
character of actuality to the question Of tn
| comparison OF the sexes. This question
! which it has been the custom to treat from
metaphysical point of view, is to us purei.
anthropological, OF rather geological.
The nutritlve phenomena in birds ant
mammals, including the human species, ar
more intensive III the male than in tie fe
male The blood is derser, redder, contain:
more red: globules and hemiglobine (Quin
Quand, kornllOtf), fewer white giobules, a1lt
less water H. MalasseZ has found million
more red giobules in a cubic millimetre o1
mans than Ct woman's blood. Man eats
more than woman. Public charities ree0g
nlze that it costs more to feed a boy than !:
girl. But though she eats less, woman is
more of 4 Eournand {Brillat-Savarin), and
eats more frequently, being oftener pressed
| by hunger. Women in the cities eat be-
| twecn-meals, like children. III asylums for
the aged, where women are not allowed
| more meals than linen, they abstract. food
| from encll meal to eat in the intervals, so as
to double the number OF their meals.
Tie respiratory phenomena OF men are
also stronger than those Of women. Tile
| pulmonary capacity OF q woman is 4 pint less
than that Of u. man of the same size The
thoracic index of woman is less than that Of
man {Neisger5er). The man absorbs more
oxygen, although he does not breathe rs of
ten. According to Quetelet, tile woman.
from Is to 50 Years Of age, makes one more
Inspiration minute than the nl:,n. 1t all
ages man exhales more carbonic acid than
woman lAndral and Gavarret). The .tcm-
perature Of man. is higher than that OF
woman. III the circulation, the pressure Of
the blood is stronger in the male, although
the pulse Is less frequent The difference
amounts to eighteen pusatlons !; minute in
the lion, ten III cattle. twelve in sheep, and
ten to fourteen in mall.
Tile relative weight Of the skeleton to the
total weight Of the body is less with woman;
Topin;.r4 says that III the physical characters
OF her skeleton woman is -lnternledlate be-
tween the infant and the masculine adult.
II. Mil,le-Edwards has found the bones of
the male q little richer III organic matter than
those Of the female; and that at so
years the b0ues Of the man contain more
mineral matter. less organic matter, more
than those Of tue woman: The prevalence
OF the right side over the left is less with the
woman (Hartlng). Broca has found that the
clayicle Of the woman is longer in proportion
served between inferior and superior RACES,
The male individual is always larger tiian
NE ienlaie. 1n11 ousetsapie E ~ ~ ous 10
lneslaG IniIiais. ~. lou11atu uAes the asel,
aye a.he[ence ,,, Ii nigHt petWeen man M an ana
thirds incileS). Woman is also lighter than
man, although she often appears larger on
account of the glreater, development Of her
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fashion try to 1lde by means OF high heels
The female voice Is always higher than that
yoicc is All octave higher than mans.
The muscular system of the male is better
1aveinne1l and mnre vi@nrons ti,af, 1hat ~
fl,e fen..,fe 'This ,nnv hn ohserved in viii
ule lfalltls. ln!s lily ~ oose.seu III VIII
gu uou!eat!I @t!!!o. , on a!!e Aulcc
'oI woman from - 60 ~ years oL aSe, meas
ured Ill the dynaln0metre, Is IL third less than
that OF /: nlit of the same age. Tie move
ll,ents of Il;tn are more precise than those Of
T,i,n sls,,11 nf he mn1n is nnra I ynthmimoms
tl,n1, ti,at ~ the f..,,,ia fSE,u1narinv nar
cha,,,t i,goca TorSaIi;S Tvschisa aIi;
t1 n."e N 81
tno ulilelellcG. IL Eutopealas ~ ~ cuple
centihletfes' u Neiso3eh oa MAKES Iae feia-
tive measurement us l,Np to oiS; Morselll.
1U0 to IS. The shape Of the skull also varies |
with the SEX that Of the man being lower and
longer than that of the woman. The brain
Of tho mule is heavier than that of tho
fn,nals in n nrnnortion for mil, frcd hs- |
Drocu ut 1s; to LIN grams {46a1 to I'm ouncesj
I,,rhunt,tA mukeS the tljfYernnrn ns mi u s iii.
nroc.' K1dolnhs and wagner, as iii to i'm.
Huschkc. rs liz to loo: Meyuer. as 1O{) to Ill |
That This difference In weight does not 1ienent
upon the relatively smaller size of womIn il |
shown by the statement OF PurchapDe. thar.
while tho stature Of woman is 10 1hat 81 1nsr, ~,
~ TO lOOO the relative weight OF the hrnins Of
the two sexes IS ~ 500 to l.O01 H. Lc Bon has
found on comparing tho average weight OF thu
lra;ns Of seventeen men Of abour tiyf. fef.t in
j,;rht with TINT Of rho brains of sernntecr
yomen Of correspondng size. a dItference Of II!
rr,,rns tsiv anfi 0ne-nt,srfsr 1n1nces1 in fa,.nr
n the nm scni1ne br,sfn niornms Of tt,e fe,,,i
nine hr,is Of rIsffcrcnt races show thar eyen In
tht nnsf intoIIfuenr nonniutfons MS among ron |
1emnnrnrr parsinns fhe skulls of II nntuhie
nronnrtion ~ wn,nrn more nearly ,innroach rha |
,l5n'e f the skujis Of certain rDriji:,s rhuu ,h,Y
Of the better-deycIoped skulls Ut the maie sey. |
nfhor ,1;tfnrencos la, wnnn rhe hr,,ins ~ rho /
~, snr ~ .eiora ~ rha ronfnr1"a tion arcor,1
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