The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-15
The SUPPRESSED SEX.
Something Of Interest for Our
Feminine Friends.
WHAT A sTRoNG-MINDED ONE
Remarks OF the "FalIacy of the su-
peri rity of Mana Wise Woman
Other Reading for the Ladies.

An English organ of the strong
minded of the fair sex, the Wonran's
World. contains a sprightly article from
the pen OF Mrs. M'Laren on The
Fallacy OF the Superiority o Man. y
She thinks the first great mistake OF
woman if not the mistake of the first
woman ,'was in admitting that man was
in any respect her superior. Had she
claimed in the first instance own
superiority, or even her entire %,
all would have gone well. A mist, :
having been committed by the frs
woman, every member of her sex has
suffered from it. Mrs. NJ Laren pro
poses. even at this late day, to rectify
the mistake. she states that men have
freely admitted that women are their
superiors in such triflng matters as
physical charms, softness of heart,
mental intul ton and spiritual insight,
and in order that there may be no
quarreiing over these things she admits
them. Having taken half the things
that go to make up the sum OF human
excellence, she procee DIS to claim the
other half. She shows that it is posi-
Die for woman to assume as great
superiority as any man ever dared do.
She admits that anatOmis 8, who are
generally men, have found the brain OF
males TO be somewhat larger than thai
OF females. She declares, however, tina
the size OF the brain is in proportion. to
the size of the body. She says: ut Is
obvious that the larger animal needs
the larger brain TO exert the same men,
tAl power" This reasoning would
prove that men as large as some of
those exhibited ia dime nlu eums wouIc
require heads as large as bushel
basket to prevent them from being i'm
bscil>s. Il would also show that "a
living, moving, walking skeleton
would be possessed of far more brain
power than he could profitably employ
III his particular line of business; but
these points should not be urged too
strongly, as Bishop Whately has shown
that in women's logic the conclusion
always precedes the premises.
The champion of her sex states that
it is G neraliy the case that men have
stronger striking power with the arm,
but she. says that a woman can get II
more blows IN 6 ven length OF time.
Women can also bear heavier burdens
than men can, and can sustain them
longer. Where quickness of motion is
required. women are the superiors of
men. This is shown in cigar-making
and in the use of the typewriter. In
the telegraph and telephone service
women are better than men. She states
in general way, that women have
greater powers of endure..a cha men
but she furnishes no examT.aa of their
ability in this direction. TE:s appears
somewhat strange in view OF the fact
that everyone is ready to admit o
woman's ability ''to get in the last
word in an argument or a dispute of
any kind.
That women have not succeeded n
most of the occupations in which rglen
are engaged is explained by lack Of OPP
portunity. If they had been allowed
chance, they would have succeeded.
Why, being the superiors of men, they
did not avail themselves of all the good
opportunities, is not stated. Being the
superiors of men in bodily as well as in
mental strength, everything was favor
able 10 their having the earth.