Poetry · Chapter
CCXXXVI explained
A brief observation that women of genius often possess masculine physical traits and mannerisms, suggesting that when God transplants brains to an alien soil, a bit of the original earth remains clinging to the roots.
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A brief observation that women of genius often possess masculine physical traits and mannerisms, suggesting that when God transplants brains to an alien soil, a bit of the original earth remains clinging to the roots.
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“Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth clinging to the roots.”
Genius in women is often accompanied by masculine features and behavior, as if divine transplantation of intellect leaves traces of its original nature.
The chapter presents a metaphorical view of gender and genius.
