More Generalisations About the Sexes

Darwin makes another generalization about the sexes. He says that, "woman seems to differ from man in mental disposition, chiefly in her greater tenderness and less selfishness..." (269). He then makes a comment about men in general, "[man] delights in competition, and this leads to ambiton which passes too easily into selfishness"(269). Darwin assumes that men always fit the Victorian model of a man and a woman. A man can be tender and affectionate and a woman can be very competitive and selfish.