 Man not only refused to marry a deformed female, but ate her, while, on the other hand, preserving for his enjoyment the handsome woman who gratified his peculiar instincts.  The Female Offender - Page 109by Cesare Lombroso - 1909 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cynthia Russett - History - 1991 - 260 pages
..., 86, 71. Cesare Lombroso described the male prerogative with his customary disregard for delicacy: "Man not only refused to marry a deformed female,...handsome woman who gratified his peculiar instincts." Cesare Lombroso and Guglielmo Ferrero, The Female Offender (New York: D. Appleton, 1897), 109. In an... | |
 | Lawrence M. Friedman - Law - 1994 - 590 pages
...brought about this conservatism. Sexual selection also operated to weed out potential women criminals. "Man not only refused to marry a deformed female, but ate her while preserving for his enjoyment the handsome woman."13 Women were also more "primitive" than men, and... | |
 | Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline L. Urla - Social Science - 1995 - 432 pages
...exclusions, see Pick (1989) and Horn (1993). the operation of sexual selection. In "savage" societies, "[m]an not only refused to marry a deformed female,...handsome woman who gratified his peculiar instincts" (Lombroso and Ferrero 1895:1o9). 23. For a discussion of the relations between photography and modern... | |
 | Mike Hawkins - History - 1997 - 360 pages
...women were less exposed to 'transformation and deformation'. These causes were reinforced, finally, by sexual selection: 'Man not only refused to marry a...instincts. In those days he was the stronger, and the choice rested with him' (109, original emphasis). These arguments combined popular perceptions... | |
 | Lucy Bland, Laura Doan - Psychology - 1999 - 282 pages
...the male, and is the incessant cause of variations and peculiar adaptations in functions and organs. Now, once we admit that the primitive type of a species...days he was the stronger, and choice rested with him. [...] Yet another reason for the comparative rarity of the criminal type in women is that congenitally... | |
 | David G. Horn - Social Science - 2003 - 228 pages
...further explained, the authors argued, by the operation of sexual selection. In "savage" societies, "Man not only refused to marry a deformed female,...handsome woman who gratified his peculiar instincts." Lombroso and Ferrero, The Female Offender, 109. Sexual selection operated differently, however, in... | |
 | David G. Horn - Social Science - 2003 - 228 pages
...operation of sexual selection. In "savage" societies, "Man not only refused to marry a deformed female, hut ate her, while, on the other hand, preserving for...handsome woman who gratified his peculiar instincts." Lombroso and Ferrero, The Female Offender, 109. Sexual selection operated differently, however, in... | |
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