Differences between man and woman-Causes of such differences and of certain characters common to both sexes-Law of battle-Differences in mental powers, and voice-On the influence of beauty in determining the marriages of mankind-Attention paid by savages to ornaments-Their ideas of beauty in woman-The tendency to exaggerate each natural peculiarity.
With mankind the differences between the sexes are greater than in most of the Quadrumana, but not so great as in some, for instance, the mandrill. Man on an average is considerably taller, heavier, and stronger than woman, with squarer shoulders and more plainly-pronounced muscles. Owing to the relation which exists between muscular development and the projection of the brows (1. Schaaffhausen, translation in ‘Anthropological Review,' Oct. 1868, pp. 419, 420, 427. ), the superciliary ridge is generally more marked in man than in woman. His body, and especially his face, is more hairy, and his voice has a different and more powerful tone. In certain races the women are said to differ slightly in tint from the men.
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