![]() Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who cofounded feminism, gave an address to the National Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 1869. And if they do have to be drawn into wars, these will be wars of necessity, not wars of choice, founded on rational considerations, not on a clash of egos escalating out of control. Women are more reluctant participants in both. Above all, I mean that women can carry on the business of a complex world in ways that are more focused, efficient, deliberate, and constructive than men’s, because women are not frequently distracted by impulses and moods that, sometimes indirectly, lead to inappropriate sex and unnecessary violence. I mean that women are fundamentally pragmatic as well as caring, cooperative as well as competitive, skilled in getting their own egos out of the way, deft in managing people without putting them on the defensive, builders rather than destroyers. I mean something like the opposite of that. And no, I do not mean what was meant by patronizing men who said this in the benighted past-that women are lofty, spiritual creatures who must be left out of the bustle and fray of competitive life, of business, politics, and war, in order to raise the next generation of people with values. But none of these considerations, or many others I will take into account, seriously impedes my argument or deflects its key conclusion: women are superior in most ways that matter now. ![]() ![]() Are the differences I will be talking about affected by experience? Up to a point, yes. Are all men one way and all women another? Also no. Do these differences account for all the ways women and men differ? No. It is mainly because of intrinsic differences in the body and the brain. It is not mainly because of what your mother taught you or how experience shaped you. It is because of chromosomes, genes, hormones, and nerve circuits. ![]() It is a matter of biology and of the domains of our thoughts and feelings influenced by biology. It is not just a matter of culture or upbringing, although both play their roles. ![]() Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, JanuWomen After All Introduction ♦ “Stronger Than All Besides” This is a book with a very simple argument: women are not equal to men they are superior in many ways, and in most ways that will count in the future. Norton & Company New York London In memory of Irven DeVore anthropologist, mentor, friend, and for Susanna, Adam, Sarah, Logan, Becky, and Ethan, who are the future Contents Introduction ♦ “Stronger Than All Besides” Chapter 1 ♦ Diverge, Say the Cells Chapter 2 ♦ Hidden in Darkness Chapter 3 ♦ Picky Females, Easy Males Chapter 4 ♦ Primate Possibilities Chapter 5 ♦ Equal Origins? Chapter 6 ♦ Cultivating Dominance Chapter 7 ♦ Samson’s Haircut, Achilles’ Heel Chapter 8 ♦ The Trouble with Men Chapter 9 ♦ Developing Daughters Chapter 10 ♦ Billions Rising Epilogue ♦ #YesAllWomen Acknowledgments Notes For Further Reading Index “All these arguments we have to-day to offer for woman, and one, in addition, stronger than all besides, the difference in man and woman. Women After All ♦ Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy Melvin Konner, M.D. ![]()
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