New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
MOTHERHOOD SOLD
The Case an Al Markets Of the
U0rId, Says Professor Zucbhn.

The most important distinction between the
sexes" said Professor Charles Zueblin. late profess
sor Of sociology al the University Of Chicago IN
talk before the William Lloyd Garrison Equal
Rights Association the studio OF Miss Amy
Grant No IS West 55th street yesterday afternoon
the only thing worth calling a distinction the
gift Of motherhood. with which women are blessed
and which Is denied TO men-that gift has been
made the reason of woman's dependence on man
All there is in motherhood is bought and sold in
al The markets u the world and II not only makes
woman dependent on mau-it makes the average
woman dependent on one mans earnings Most
men Ike Il and most women readily consent TO II
Dr. Zueb,in sarcastically recalled that TennYsoh'
who IL ''Locksiey Hair called woman the lesser
man" condescendingly admitted sixty years later
that woman was something more than "undeVel-
oped man when Will We learn" said the lect-
lIrer that the sexes complement each other tha'
they are interdependent, that life should be q
question of cooperation Of all human elements a
cessation Of human waste
After abiding to prtmeval times. when the woman
built the hut and hustled" for the family, while
the man hunted 9 little and lCafed lot Dr Luee-
lin declared that were not inferior to men
physically If physical superiority Is meas
ure6 ny that Of the prize6ghter.' he said, man
i superior but # fl be measured by the ability 10
endure pain-why. women endure more pain than
men have ever dreamed Of Even the gyn%coIo-
EIst has never penetrated the mystery ana the
suffering OF the ordeal in which woman gladlE' II
nerd he laws down her life And in the mater
Of a headache or a toothache woman can gen
orally endure il without turning the mechanism
OF the house upside down"
As 10 woraan's mentality the lecturer asserted
that most teachers in coeducauonal institutions
were impressed by the difficulty the boys have IN
keeDirg I'D with the girls. Women n said, pos
sass the ability 10 think quickly II Is frequently
despised As feminine quality, but II IS lnVaIua-
bic IN scholarship. Men" he added, have reached
the position they through their ability 10 in
! vent labor saving tools; more inventive
| than women but first and foremost the human
creature is an animal and the more We depend on
tools the more We lose splendid physical birth
right"
4 Most happily married women are ignorant OF
their economic dependence, the lecturer added. but
none the less does i have evil effect on them
spiritually and mentally. IT is this he said,
! that has developed in women circumocution,
/ q kind q hypocrisy-vays OF gaining their ends
! that many men ike in women But when some
crisis comes that throws them upon their re
/ sources-then there's the rub"
| Speaking Of the ballot, the lecturer said things
/ uou-G not be much changed II women had votes.
! In Denver women have even proved their equal
/ ity with men by showing themselves susceptible
! 10 bribery. But that is not the point The point
! is that class Of individuals Is good enough or
| right TO vote And could women. I ask You. pos
sibly pass more uniuteIllgeut laws than turned
( out yearly al Albany"