What Charles Darwin thinks about gender equality

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British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.

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1. c. 1871–1874

   Our readingIf men excel women in many fields, the average mental power of men must be higher

   Their wordsWe may also infer, from the law of the deviation from averages, so well illustrated by Mr. Galton, in his work on ‘Hereditary Genius,’ that if men are capable of a decided pre-eminence over women in many subjects, the average of mental power in man must be above that of woman.

   ↗The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition, 1874)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book