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THE SEX-COMPLEX 



Far-reaching Man 



secondary Hair on face and trunk. 



Larynx large. Voice deep. 

 Muscles powerful. 

 Relatively long thorax and 



short abodminal cavity. 

 Bones heavy and large. 

 Pelvis deep and funnel- 



shaped. 

 Skin coarse. 

 Stability of calcium meta- 



bolism. 

 Psychical domination and 



certainty. 



Stages of 



character- 

 istics. 



Woman 

 Hair on head, but absent on 



f ace and trunk (apart from 



pubes and axilla?). 

 Larynx small. Voice high. 

 Muscles relatively weak. 

 Relatively short thorax and 



large abdominal cavity. 

 Bones light and small. 

 Pelvis shallow and wide. 



Skin fine. 



Instability of calcium meta- 



bolism. 

 Psychical dependence and 



hesitancy. 



These are merely examples of dissimilarities obvious 

 to all. Many other differences physiological, morpho- 

 logical and psychological might be emphasized, were 

 it necessary to do so. The whole subject has been fully 

 discussed in recent years by Kammerer 1 , Bucuras, 

 Hofstatter 3 , Havelock Ellis 4 , and others, whose works 

 should be consulted for further information concerning 

 physical and psychical sex- variations. It should, how- 

 ever, never be forgotten that Man is dimorphic, and that 

 the prominence or otherwise of the secondary character- 

 istics depends on the degree of masculinity or femininity 

 present in any given individual. 



It must be noted in passing that there are two stages 

 m the development of the secondary characteristics 

 m M an a f ac t that requires special emphasis. The 



1 Kammerer, P., Abderhalderis Fortschr. der naturw. Forschung 



1912, vol. v, p. 1. 



2 Bucura, C., J., Geschlechtsundterschiede beim Menschen, Wienund 

 Leipzig, 1913, p. 12. 



8 Hofstatter, R, Centralb. fur die Grenzgcbiete der Med. u. Chir., 



1913, vol. xvi, p. 37. (This monograph is preceded by a list of 2324 

 references. ) 



4 Ellis, Havelock H., Man and Woman, 1914, 5th ed. 



