Is it true that a woman is like an adult child who must always be controlled and directed by men?

Question

I mean scientist have theorized that "women preserves the infantile type ... physically, mentally and morally, woman is a kind of adult child ... in the domain of pure intellect it is doubtful if women have contributed one profound original idea of the slightest permanent value to the world."
By McGrigor Allan, "On the Real Differences in the Minds of Men and Women," Journal of the Anthropological Society 7 (1869): 210.

Answer 1

Things have changed since 1869.
You wouldn't use medicines from that year, and you shouldn't use philosophies from that year either.

A lot of women scientists, from that time and years after, were shunned for their sex regardless of how great a contribution they made to DNA and X-rays, etc.
Even in 1869 women did a lot more than men realized. Many of them worked the fields and in factories, while raising babies and providing meals for their men. The only thing that made women mentally inferior back then was that they didn't know they were supposed to enjoy sex. Men were just egotistical and wanted to believe that women Needed to be dominated.

Now days, I think a lot of men are content to let the women take care of everything around the house. Out of my married friends most of the women manage the finances and make the major decisions. A lot of women earn more money than their husbands too.
My husband washes laundry and does dishes while I fix the trap in the bathtub and change the oil in the car.
I don't think any less of my husband. In fact I think it's wonderful that we work together to get things done.

Another guy I dated wouldn't let me work on my own car because he took it as an insult to his virility...even though I'm more mechanically inclined than him, even though I was trained by the military and he was trained by no one, he insisted that he had to better with cars than me.

Answer 2

Is it true that male chauvanists keep their brains between their legs? The fact that an idiot over 100 years ago was too scared of the concept of equality to even consider the possibility that a woman might just be a match for him is not scientific proof. Look at:

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/catherinegreat/p/catherinegreat.htm Catherine the Great, who doubled the size of her country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale Florence Nightingale, who revolutionized nursing and patient care

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie Marie Curie, who studied the effects of radioactivity and became the first woman (but not last!) woman to win the Nobel Prize.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England Queen Elizabeth the 1st, under whose reign the British empire went from a handful of islands to the Empire upon which the sun never sets

And that's just scratching the surface. There are hundreds if not thousands of other women who can honestly say that they made a difference that we still enjoy today.

Answer 3

1869? Yeah right! That's the kind of thinking that men used to make women obsolete and it's not true. Do you feel that your mother is infantile and immoral? Does your father share that opinion of her? It's the strength of women that made men and without them they would have had repeated failings as providers, teachers, healers, and so on. Have you taken a couple of minutes and thought about all the responsibility that a woman has especially as a mother? She does everything! I hope you respect and love yours.

Answer 4

Let's see...
besides Marie Curie, there's Sally Ride, Florence Nightingale, Louisa May Alcott, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Clara Barton, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Caroline Herschel, Louise Freeland Jenkins, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Golda Meir....

These women are NOT the exceptions. They are shining examples of women who have succeeded even when discouraged and told they could not possibly succeed by men.

I suggest you stop reading antiquated ramblings by biased authors whose pseudo-scientific writings reflected the chauvanistic viewpoint of their times. Use your own mind and eyes and see how men are every bit a woman's equal intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Women *are* physically different from men, true, but created in the same Image and every bit as valued.

One thing more... if you think we are the *weaker* sex? then try giving birth.

Answer 5

You are quoting psychology from the 1800s and think that we women are the ones in need of direction?

I am a woman, not a child in any way, and I certainly do not need to be controlled by anyone. You, on the other hand, are in some serious need of an education in women, in history, in anthropology, and in plain old common sense.

Answer 6

No ,it is not true. The men are the ones out there doing monkey jobs and coming come expecting the meal ready and the chores done, kinda reminds you of a child ,doesn't it?

Ps: does it feel good that this is coming from a twelve year old?

Answer 7

When was the last time you had a decent conversation with a woman? 1869...hummm what year are we in????? Try getting your head outta yer a@@ and live alittle. You will never find a woman like that at this rate, my friend.

Answer 8

BWAHAHAH!
ahh the good old 1869's.. when men were men.. and women were property.
This is one of the most ignorant statements out there.. but im sure that there are some men who will say "woo yeah!"

Answer 9

Funny

Answer 10

Heres one for ya. Get a group of men together and a group of women together send them out separate directions for a social outing. See how they behave and then tell me.....who needs supervision?