The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-02
COMPARISONS OF SEX.
NATURES FAvoRs TO MEN AND
WOMEN ABOUT BALANCE.
Minor Physical Diferences-Ratio In
Which Artistic Talents Are Distrib-
nted-keenness of Smell More
Acute in the Masculine sex-Modi-
fed EmOtiOuaIfty.

nted-keenness of Smell More
Acute in the MASCULINE sex--Modi-
fed EmOtionality.
From Health Culture.
From the present standpoint of brain
anatomy and physiology there is no
ground for attributing any superiority OF
one sex over the other. Granting that the
average brain weight of woman is five
ounces less than that of man. we find the
disparity chiefly in lack of originality
A highly cultured woman may have read
largely, but usually it is superficial.
whether or not woman has been a loser
in the intellectual race as regards rapi-
dity of thought and perception. she has
gained certain advantages.
There are certain meritorious qualities
wherein the female mind stands pre-emi-
aent, such as affection, sympathy, self
denial and modesty. In other words, the
gentle predominates over the heroic.
The whole organization OF woman is
formed on a plan of greater delicacy, and
her mental status is more refined and fur
Their removed from the lower animals.
She is nearer our conception of the spir-
itual. one of the greatest OF French an
thrcpolOssts is of the opinion that II left
TO their sponta neous impulses man and
woman would tend To resemble each
other.
Esnotionality IN both men and women is
becoming modified The men of to-day
are more self-contained than those OF
former generations and the woman OF to-
day does not faint ON every preteXt.
Women possess more adaptabllity than
men, are less subject to inconsistencies and
take more TO changed habits. The wife
OF self-made man usually embraces
changed social conditions more easily
than her husband.
Women prefer the inductive to the de-
ductive method. They are more emotion
al. more enthusiastic than men. They
possess what is usually called intuition.
They grasp an idea att once and seek to
account the superior quickness of wo-
men of the lower classes is noticed. Ply
sicians state that when consulted by man
and wife It is always from the wife they
gain the clearest knowledge. Most men
of genius have had remarkable moth
ers Laying aside the question of hered-
ity, have they not while children gained
much from their mothers inductive habit
Of thought?
keenness of Touch.
few. Prof. Lombroso examined the
touch in the hands of one hundred wo-
men. The general result of his evidence
is to show that tactile sensibility in wo-
men is obtuse. He considers that wo-
men are less sensitive than men. On the
other hand. Investigations made by Lom-
broso with the electric algometer show
that men have greater sensibility to pain
than women, and also indicate that the
ter,f hap tc EwnoFfrnnnfq
In keenness Of smell go to show that this
sense is much more delicate in the case
of a male. Deafness and blindness are
much more common among males than
among females, and men are more fire.
quentiy color blind than women. This
affection Is infrequent among savage
races. Breathing power, as indicated by
the spirometer is decidedly less in wo-
men than in men. This may be due to
the artificial construction OF dress.
Effects of stimuIants.
Women respond to stimuli. psychic or
physical, more readily than men. Physi-
clans consider that women yield rapidly
10 the influence of anesthetics and are
less exposed to their dangers. That wo-
men are more emotional than men has
already been mentioned. This Is undoubt-
eddy due TO primary sexual characters
tics. Their faces are more expressive.
more mobile. Blushing. which Darwin
calls the most human of all expressions.
il OF greater frequency Ia women. and
the convulsive tendency OF the nervous
system In women is evidenced by tears
ana laughter.
Statistics show that suicide in Europe
is from three to four times more fire.
quent IN men than in women. Spanish
women are more drawn 10 this mode OF
death than women OF other countries |
Mental disorders and domestic troubles |
are common causes Of suicide in women,
while over-strain and financial trouble |
breed self-destruction among men. Diff |
ferences in the methods Of accomplishing |
suicide throw a light on sexual psycholo-
gy, and the passive nature OF the woman |
is expressed even here. Throughout |
Europe. roughly stated, the men drown
while the women hang them |
selves.
showing Signs of Age.
Insane women are more common than
insane men Doctors In the asylums for
the insane find women patients more err
ratio and harder to manage. but admit
they are more frequently cUrabFe.
In most respects women are more pre-
coeious than men. but this Is not 50 IN
respect TO criminallty. The anti-social
and depraved impulse seems less strong
or In women than in men, and may be due
20 the maternal function ana osychOlogi-
cal timldlty. A wOman's impulse r. more
often expended IN emotion before Il be-
comes a deed. when, however, a woman
commits q crime, u n usually more mark
"a bs cruelty than o mans
LombrosO points out that on che psychic
side women are more apt 10 preserve an
clfni customs than men, Dnd their mffl-
DDS ~ thought are conservative. Women
exhibit less frequently chan men me