Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
Are Women More
Ouarrelsome Than Men?

Ouarrelsome Than Men?
The reports of the disagreement of
The opposing lawyers in the Ths u case
what an endless source Of subjects for
moralZerS and philosophers the Thaw
ease offers.--has given rise to tha uues-
tion Would such thing as a dis
agreement on such vital occasion like
This have occurred between Wumpur an.
would the bitter contest between TWO
women lawyers, suppose women iawyers
had reached such Il degree of assurance
as to take Charge of such criminal eases.
nave aroused SO very little public com
ment? Two men. acknowledged IL be of
bigh Standing in their profession. who
are the legal advisers in as complicated
"a contest IN the courts as the modern
generation has known, quarrel and in
duige in personalities. and no comment
= made upon tue fact, beyond few eX-
preSslonS of discomfort ut the inconypu-
fence and delay 0ccasioned. Think Of
the outpouringS of criticism and the ridi-
culc of the weakness of women had
these two lawyers been of tine geutler
half of humanity.
lust like women. the onloollers
would have said; they never can ger
together without quarrehug." Imagine
professional jealousy and ambition in
Fruding itself in such Il tremendously inn
pOrtant issue rs this Etc. etc
1t all revolves itself into the question:
Are women more quarrelSome than men?
Is quarrel or Il professional" differ
ence of opinion between men then so
uncommon as to occasion no Swcening
generalities of sex, and are quarrels
among women so very usual rs to give
the scotfers an opportunity to indulge
in the imaginary comments about the
Pugnacity of the women as quoted above
Nothing receives such credcnce among
men as the well-circulated fact that
women quarrel all the time among them
selves. This is especially applicable to
women in their clubs and in other organl-
cations. One can scarcely mention any
aSSemblagc of women, from a mild sew.
ing circle to an assembly of suffragiStS
without evoking the masculine: You
women have some pretty lively tuSSIeS
among yourselves, | guess" or. Il in-
agine there, $ great deal of jealousy in
your organization, isn't there"
Pretty nearly every man ina gines that
once woman falls in the clutches of an
organization she Immediately drops wom-
anilness. and tact. and unSeltShness
from her with the rapdity and ease
with the vaulting Charmion of dance hall
fame drops her haintv slippers among
her audienc" whether women meet to
play bridge" or whether they assem-
BILE in solemn committee rooms To discuss
the welfare of delinquent children or the
disposition of helpless old ladies'. there
must always, always be the quarrel and
the dispute. No matter what bc the is
sue the mere fact that women are part
"i an assembly is enough to sanction
this very common masculine criticism.
M one denies that i'll large assem-
baee OF women there are differences of
opinion, preiudices or whatever one
chooses 10 call them. Could one fancy a
high-Spirited body of women all agree
ING on every phase of question: Could
anything be more m0nOtOnouS than II
meeting were all of the women were Of
one mndE Think of any gathering de-
void of the stimulating clashing of wits
and the heated arguments, OF course
all of these things exist in womau'S
body of men who get together to discuss
any question, religious, educational or
POLITICALLY
Some scenes have occurred in the
board Of education of this city of broth
erly love within the recollection of num-
herlcsS club women of PHILADELPHIA
which might have given rise to sweeping
congratulations on the part Of women
onlookers, upon the quarrelsomeneSS of
men, had it been the fashion for wom-
en- to make this time-honored comment
upon the opposite sex. We occasionally
catch echoes of some factional distur-
Dances and internal wars at even such
and the Manufacturers club. Examples
OF these are endless. Every type of man
mas duplicate in manner among WON
en- There are quarrelsome. unreason-
able women, and there are numberless
specimens of this kind of men: there
are mild, complacent men and women.
aggressive men and women, sympathetic
men and sympathetic women. and so on
through the whole list Of varieties of
men and women.
However. not even the very recent
ASSertiveness of the woman as a distinct
individual and factor in modern life
mas quite overcome the old IDEAS Of per
sonal conduct. a woman cannot talk
50 freely to her opposing club member
as man. because Nature suggests more
silent methods of eXpreSsion-the old
idea of having Il good cry'-is still in
vogue. even among certain kinds of club
women: so she resorts to the weapons
at hand. sometimes she gently whispers
% her neighbor that she thinks GER
tain policy adopted by her opposing
cub officer is wrong. and the whisper
augmented and heard perhaps by the
cIub, but do they not exist Also IN amy
male members Of her family. assumes
lbe proportion Of very bitter quarrel.
In several generations from now when it
viii be considered 'ladyIike" for "a woIn-
an to say exactly what she thinks
not several degrees north or south OF
II as Is done now. women will conduct
their disputes as men do. No one hopes
Tor the time when women shall use
strong language 50 freely a. men, hUJ
we can indulge in its feminine equiva-
leut perhaps without causing comment.
They shake hands without any personal
amnesty. and walk laugbingly into the
tea-rOom' TO forget all about it. n
Woman's organization actually contains
no more factions than does a mans as
hint t4a ftf f.fT
disputes differ just slightly, because Of
modern ideas of conventional behavior
Tor ladies. Exchange.