34/46 Because women were once empty-headed, it is assumed they are all still so _en masse_. I believe most men among the brutally ignorant exhibit the very faults which are cried out upon as exclusively feminine. A woman has hitherto been an ignorant human being; that explains everything.' 'Not everything; something, perhaps. The preservation of the race demands in women many kinds of irrationality, of obstinate instinct, which enrage a reasoning man. |