It was written in 1873 after a speech he gave, and argued that educating girls was detrimental to their reproductive health, causing issues like hysteria and infertility.
excited an unexpected amount of discussion and Has emboldened me to think that their publication in a more comprehensive form with added psychological details and clinical illustrations might contribu...
— Episode: 259 - Edward Clarke vs Girls
Episode: 259 - Edward Clarke vs Girls
It was written in 1873 after a speech he gave, and argued that educating girls was detrimental to their reproductive health, causing issues like hysteria and infertility.
excited an unexpected amount of discussion and Has emboldened me to think that their publication in a more comprehensive form with added psychological details and clinical illustrations might contribute something However, little to the cause of sound education.
I am always Equally surprised on my return by the crowds of pale bloodless female faces that suggest consumption Scrofula, which is a swelling of lymph nodes in the neck anemia and neuralgia To a large extent our present system of educating girls is the cause of this pallor and weakness
the neglect of the peculiarities of a woman's organization
It is not true that she can do all this and retain uninjured health and a future Secure from disease hysteria and other derangements of the nervous system.
the lily is not inferior to the rose nor the oak superior to the clover Yet the glory of the lily is one and the glory of the oak is another and the use of the oak is Not the use of the clover
Episode: 259 - Edward Clarke vs Girls
It was written in response to a speech he gave about the dangers of educating girls, claiming it would harm their reproductive organs and cause disease. The book was met with outrage from women and other intellectuals and was later debunked.
excited an unexpected amount of discussion and Has emboldened me to think that their publication in a more comprehensive form with added psychological details and clinical illustrations might contribute something However, little to the cause of sound education.
I am always Equally surprised on my return by the crowds of pale bloodless female faces that suggest consumption Scrofula, which is a swelling of lymph nodes in the neck anemia and neuralgia To a large extent our present system of educating girls is the cause of this pallor and weakness
this neglect of herself in girlhood when her organization is ductile and impressible Breeds the germs of diseases that later in life yield torturing or fatal maladies
The system never does two things at the same time one cannot meditate a poem and drive a saw simultaneously without dividing his force
if the schoolmaster overworks the brains of his pupils he diverts force to the brain that is needed elsewhere The result are monstrous brains and puny bodies