Open AccessA Short Article on the Superiority of Women
Author(s) -
James F Welles
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gynecology and women's health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-5879
DOI - 10.47485/2766-5879.1003
Subject(s) - psyche , sacrifice , intellect , psychoanalysis , psychology , stupidity , aesthetics , social psychology , gender studies , philosophy , developmental psychology , sociology , epistemology , theology
Women have been universally and eternally victimized by stereotyping1 to the degree that 400 years ago, no less of an expert on females than Cardinal de Richelieu concluded that “Intellect in a woman is unbecoming” [1, 2]. It is alleged that the female psyche has somehow been permanently shaped by the oft-noted ability of women to bear children. It may well be that there is something to this a for mothers (who still do usually tend to be female) who spend more than 24 hours a day in the presence of children. Anyone subjected to such a situation might have to sacrifice something to emotional stability, and it may be a bit of logic and sanity. Recent research indicates there are real differences between male and female brains, 3 so there may well be a special brand of feminine stupidity. However, before we venture too far into the unchartered domain of comparative idiocy, let us indulge in a bit of diplomacy and allow that the two sexes are, in their own aggravating ways, equally stupid or at least appear to be so to the advocates of the presumably equal other. That said, we must allow the “Duh moment” usually goes to a thickheaded male–is there any other kind?–who come to a belated realization when he informs the woman he has been living with for X years he is moving out bursts into tears. On the other hand, garrulous women have difficulty saying, “I love you” in the language of their choice: they show it but cannot say it.