New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-23
THE INTELLECTUAL ST4TUs. OF WOMAN
From The London Tunes.


From The London Times.
French savant NJ. Delaunay has just published
an able and interesting brochure, the purpose of
which Is to show, by scientific examination OF al
existing data The subject, that woman IS intel
lcctualy, in every other respect, on lower
stage OF development than and therefore, IN
terOr TO hun. lie writes expressly against the
school that would advocate the intellectual equality
OF the two sexes, q school which he considers
absurdy sentimental. At the same time he processes
To conduct his examination OF the subject purely
from an anthrOpOlOgcal point OF view. lie admits
that among certain lower forms OF life, rs insects,
some fishes ana reptiles, the females show superb
ony TO the males, but among the higher Nerehlatcs
! Il Is very different Among Dlrts ana mammals
the male Is nearly always sui error To the female.
The two sexes. he tells uS, at btS unequal IN con
srqucIce OF the prominence of the female over the
male which CharaCtcrZcS the more INFERIOR species
! become equal among certain species hliIe more
elevated in the ANNA, scale, ana again unequal IN
consequence OF the pteemInthrc Oh Inc male over
the female observed n all Inc. superior species.
The supremacy of tlr female Is men, the hrst term
! ot the eNo.utpn undergone oT scNu1lty while the
supremacy oi the male I3 the last term. NJ Dclau-
lay then shows III detail che points in which he
thinks the male Is superior to the female. Among
birds AMI mammals including man, the nutrtINc
phenomena morc intense ~ tire male than IN the
female. Tie blood Is ucusrr, contains more red
globulcs ANA h.mOg .obu". and lever While EO-
luIcs ana water. Man c'lS more than woman.
Yet although slc cats less the woman Is more OF
gD0Tm0Ud, and eats moro frequently. Our city
women feed like children. The respiratory pheno-
/ mCnH are likewise more intense IN tho nan thah IN
the woman; Tor an equal ci-ht he has a greater
! pulmonary capacity and = ar-er thOraclc index
than the woman AMI hc ai.p ab~nIbS more oxygen.
though his uDspultlrus ale less frequent Tie
! temperature J., hi.hrr in man than in woman. AMI
the pressure 90 the blood greater though III" pulse
less 'rcqneut. The prc'mi rncc of the male over
the female Is especially evident IRON the point oil
! view of animal life. IAc skeleton OF the female u
lighter In proportion to the t tal weight OF the
body; the woman, ~ All Inc pIN~lcdl Characters
ties of her skeleton. }, informed Iic between the
child and the male adult, according 10 Iopmaud.
| The woman i, NOT spIl.ut-h,uacd rs the man: tho
I la frNt Itt
! the frutlc Externally, tie male IS always larger
! than The female. The woman l. moi so heavy ~
! the man, although she would often appear larger
ON account OF the Development ol ihc auIpoot sN7,
TEN, winch IN her is gIrdicr than ~ man. In an
our ludo.EurppcIn hoII"s,' says loWuaMd' "the
woman O. more pru-uathous than the man
According 10 VI. HrlluuIY p own researches, the
woman is more tIt-fJotcd and less arcacd than man
I'll sign oi uiruouiy; hence. hr maintains IHr
preference of women for gh-hcecd boots. he
female voice I~ always sharper than that oi the
uaIr. Both IN wild and oumcstlcaicd ANNALS, the
malr la, t' muscular system more developed thdh
he female. lhr movements are more precise Iu HIdH
than lu woman. Among pianist, oi the two stXrS,
the mechanism reaches t.uch higher degree oi per
lection in the men, The crluium has greater
capacity Iu the male than u the female. The BRAIN
ol the male D. heavier ta1u ,hat of the female;
according 90 BIo.I, the BRAIN of man i to that of
woman as III Is to 700. " The graphic curves OF
feminine brain, OF various races, SAYS NJ. IT, boh'
show that even 90 tuu mos, Intelligent societies, a.
tue Iar~uu. of to-day, there o. notable proper
ton OF the female population whose brains APP
ptuICu mora io tuc volume Il thps" OF certain
corII- than the least developed craiua ol Tie mas
ruiIu, -.N" Further the frontal loh,s the seat ol
the highest intellectual faculties are ir>, DEVELOPED
Iu woman than ~ man. On me "'h'i manu-, we
o,ripitIl lobe. which esp cialiy preside over the
u.p oi sentiment. 1rr moIr NouuInnuS ~ me ""-
man fhIU ilr man. lu IT, iulIlllN, according 4"
Professor Wagner, the braun OF the woman is al
ways so tat. more ug .,, Cluhtt ono. Is woman
ru..e ruu.I. than MauF VI. DriaUI ay refers to tine
MANY authors who uiyr maintained that women
arc more prone To- every nmd ol wlckcGn'sS tnan
ulu. though, putting these a-ine' mo shows thal
fI.H. Ia ffH O. b
mon Sfr,.iIc. however. prove tuat poisoning Is
moro frequent among women tHau among men.
which OF course may be easily accounted Tor. As
90 the intellectual id,liiIr'. NJ. bt'Auh"S Io'u''
ont that all known Legislators take Tor Erautru Tie
intellectual Iui,rOuty of tho feminine sex rs com
| ulird with the masculine. Everywhere woman Is
REGARDED la a minor. IuJaqaD., cot taking care OF
herself. and rrguIuGa guide and tutor Iut tIr
advocates Fl tuc r'uluty oi the i"" sexes reply
they have been made los tu- latter. MogalI7i~ have
/ noted that woman b, more "}lui, more chtht'-
auir more capurluus ihau man. Size Is also more
destructive AMI .c0, or uM'r.'l. l' Huul.,I ol
women ran over 10 the atIrrf is much greater ilan
that Of men. Certain m"u of science niinlau thil
woman ls lc'. utcll gent lh}n man N'H'I'.,
say. Brocl is q little less Intelligent than man.
ACCORDING, 10 Darwin. man ON an Dec undertakes goes
further than woman. acts from profound Thought,
from reason or Imagination. or SIMPLY from ih' Use
al hI, sense, OT even ol ul- hands. IT, h' says, We
prepare let of the W.u and another al women
most distinguished I'D p..uy painting sculpture
s,I'n'c ana phI''"P.N' &C." ,"''lL"'"- " ,".,"
names. Oh" two lists would not bear amy t"mparI-
tr,rt of ,,,r,,n ~ du, ia fr fact that for CEN
tr,,. .lc has,. ,,i r.,r.,.u iLr ,grr. education a.
r''r This M trr,i,Y " Ir.lruay maintains. is
,,t inf T., r,.f ,t.rn,, t,e r,y.. obi the people
49, ,,,,i. 80 ',.,,r... neither tl, one sex nor
the other received auF c4"'ttun. NJ DrIaun3y
ri ,,,, INV. ,,t had a., tlc ,.y,rrl,c and t.yo-
L,l.,, ,i tb.,r nm, ,., tbrrr intelligence any
H. -, ti,,, t,.,.,. ,,rncrrdIu, from their
goI..,t't.on ,,J ti,Ir r.racIty tor DEVELOPMENT
II n, lluuIv moreover. uulut, ont that female
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