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‘mental equilibrium of the
female sex’ was not as stable
as that of the male; they had a
tendency to hysteria, an
argument that was seen to
have full scientific backing. It
was ‘not cricket’ for women
to use force as the
suffragettes were doing:
would we end up with
‘masculine women’? If, as
many believed, men were
superior mentally and
physically, how startling it