The evening world., 1912-05-15
But Dr.. W. J. Robinson
Asserts He Does Not
Believe There 10 Any
thing Inherent in
Woman That Prevents
Her from Becoming
Mans Mental Equal.
Marguerite M0oers Marshall.

Marguerite MO0ers Marshaii.
"WomaS NJ ser toH never Be tho
mental equal Of man"
This good old doctrine. which un-
doubleday originated with Adam. has
been promulgated anew by very
famous person. indeed. He Is Dr. Ed
ward Anthony spitzka, professor OF gem
eral anatomy In the jefferson Medical
College OF Philadelphia, director OF the
Daniel Baugh Institute. and noted ms q
brain expert throughout America. DR.
spatzka admits that he has examined
ten times M many male brains as fe-
male ones. and that therefore his COM
PARSONS may be superficial. But here
IL what he says:
In the female brain tho convolutions
are broader and Of more simple typo
than In the male brain. Compared with
the male brain the female brain II usu-
ally characterized by a smaller frontal
lobe and q corresponding. or rather q
relative. nattening OF the parietai re-
Eion. Measurements regarding the hori.
zontal circumference Of the skull made
from the apertures OF the ears are reis-
lively smaller for the frontal arc.
MAN MEASURES UP As A
THINKER.
THE frontal lobe Il concerned more
with the abstract concept. and there-
fore. In the light OF these measurements,
II would seem that in the male II 10
possessed OF greater capacity for alb
stract conception. that is. for comprs-
AAx -,.A
In the female the percentage Of
frontal arc 10 less than the posterior
arc. In the male the percentage II
about equal. An examination shows no
other difference except that the brain
Of the female IL smaller. which may be
Influenced by the fact that the female
frame In smaller.
"Whils no ons VIII dispute the
fact that the inaiv1duai woman
may szosl ne average nan, II 10 Q
faOt nat In The mass the brains
Of women are smaller, isss richly
ana less completely assured, ana
20 endowed With less oortaoai assa
than those OF men,"
So much for DR.. Spitxka. However.
for feminine consolation let Il be
stated that II In possible to admit all
the Philadelphia physicians facts and
yc. to draw conclusions radically DIFF.
ferent from his.
That In the position taken by DR..
William J. Robinson. President Of the
American Society Of Medical Sociology,
editor OF the Critic and Guide and the
Medical Review Of Reviews. and .
ixpn a<,tts nh, L.. A..
city.
NOW, LADIES, LISTEN TO THIS
AND REJOICE.
Briefly. DR.. spitxka makes two
points about the female BRAIN" began
DR.. Robinson. Tie says that the
frontal lobe. the seat of the conscious
intellect, In smaller than a mans. He
also says that the convolutions or fur
rows. the record OF thoughts. are shall.
lower and simpler In the female brain
than they are In the male.
Science has definitely proved both
| these facts, and ! am willing TO admit
| them. But do not agree with DR..
spitEka In his conception OF what they
| involve.
| AhV Ascheas WV W - wpiiuu DTdiii
may be smaller and its weight less
than In the case of a man. but the
entire physiological makeup of the
average woman Is smaller. Her hands.
her feet. her bones. her height are less
than a mans. Why should not her
brain be In proportion to the rest OF
her? In other words. the seeming
smallness. as compared with the male
brain. Is only relative. not actual.
IT 10 ALL RIGHT AFTER ALL
AND THE COUNTRY 10 SAFE.
'~rhen comes the other point, the
shallower and less complicated con.
volutions. That they exist 10 perfect,
true. but II merely shows that woman,
mental activity has been less than man,
In the past. not that It must be lesi
In the future.
~ DO not believe that there 10
anything inherent In woman which
prevents her from becoming mans
mental equal. ! believe that With