Series[UMA-SRE-20140039] RESEARCH AND REFERENCE CARD INDEXESAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014003900220Scope and ContentNotes: from Garfit J. H. A Few Words on the Physiology of Woman…author of "A Few Words on Zoology", "A Short Account of the Giraffe?". Boston, 1886. Pedomorhism of Female - Quotes Darwin. Cites page 13 [Whilst commenting on beauty, I would remark, does not our pity for an object sometimes cause admiration for it? and is not helplessness often associated with pity? And may not this be one reason why we often think infants so beautiful? Perhaps this may apply in a modified from occasionally to woman...may not her quasi-youth contribute to it?] Reference: Garfit, J H 1886, A few words on the physiology of woman: being a critical analysis of her outward form, her beauty, and her mental powers, Dingwall & Wilson, Boston.
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