"A woman is a dish for the gods." (Antony & Cleopatra)

.....   Lately there has been a big brouhaha about Mitt Romney’s firm stance regarding the rights of women, especially, among other things, on the place that abortion plays in their lives, a right which he opposes.  I, too, oppose abortion, but I respect a woman's right to make her own decision. Washington Irving wrote that in every true woman’s heart there is “...a spark of heavenly  fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."  I read that over several times and I have come to the same conclusion that Ashley Montague came to in his book “The Natural Superiority of Women”; that is, women are by nature, the superior sex.  In my mind there is no doubt.  It is only male scholars who have pointed to the larger male brain, skeleton height, and muscle mass as clear evidence of male superiority. As in “might makes right.” So much for the male ego, especially the Islamic one. 

            However, in spite of the overall performance of the male anatomy and physiology, Montague believes women come out on top.  Although a woman's  brain may be smaller than a man’s, it has more neurons and is more highly developed and is capable of thinking more soundly and intuitive than the male brain.  The end result is that women are more insightful with greater stamina and longevity.  Women stand the test of time; Irving got it right. Some male relation recently commented that Montague chose a girl’s name not realizing that Ashley was the true love of Scarlett in GWTW (which he probably never saw) and that it is actually a boy’s name. I checked it out on Google.  Even Shakespeare agrees, for in "Love's Labor's Lost" he concludes that "...women's...eyes sparkle still the right Promethean fire, they are the books, the arts, the academes, They show, contain, and nourish all the world."  What I am trying to say is that there are two sexes on this planet, and a woman being one of them has the right to her own body without male politicians deciding differently.

            If you stop and really think about it women work much harder than men do throughout their lives.  They bear the children, they raise the children, they diaper the children, they drive the children to soccer games, they read to children, they do the shopping, they do the cooking, they do the laundry and the folding, they make the beds, they wash the dishes, and if they are not Jewish, they do the cleaning. Because of this, God has arranged for women to have sex on their back so that they can get a little rest.