Re: more sex, less brains?

From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 06:20:47 MDT


spike wrote:
>(Sorry, I havent a clue how adolescence works with the ladies, so
>please bear with me.)

Probably the same. In a stroll down history lane....

Edward Clarke in 1873 argued in his influential book: _Sex in Education_
that the rigors of higher education would cause women to suffer from
such dire problems as prolapsed uteri, menstrual disturbances, hysteria
and (perhaps most horrible of all) "abnormally active cerebration." I.e.
pursuing higher education would cause their reproductive organs to
atrophy and they would be unable to bear children.

Women and Physical Activity: A Historical Journey
http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/activity/womenhistory.htm

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