<<I think my favorite is Flatland............. anyone read that one?
It's geometry at its strangest. And the author either had a
very biting wit or didn't think very highly of women!!>
"If our highly pointed Triangles of the Soldier class are formidable, it
may readily be inferred that far more formidable are our Women. For if
a Soldier is a wedge, a Woman is a needle; being, so to speak, *all*
point, at least at the two extremeties. Add to this the ability to make
herself practically invisible at will, and you will perceive that a
Female, in Flatland, is a creature by no means to be trifled with."
- Edwin A. Abbot, Flatland
It would seem he was terrified of women! <:-() I imagine that the
relations between men and women of 19th century England were much worse
than late 20th century USA. He does write, however, that
"..it has been found by the wisest of our Circles or Statesmen that the
multiplication of restrictions on Females tends not only to the
debilitation and diminution of the race, but also to the increase of
domestic murders to such an extent that a State loses more than it gains
by a too prohibitive Code." See also Lizzy Borden, et al.
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