"When the Hymalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted, rends the peasant tooth and nail, For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. * * * * * * So it comes that Man, the coward, when he gathers to confer With his fellow-braves in council, dare not leave a place for her Where, at war with Life and Conscience, he uplifts his erring hands To some God of Abstract justiceâwhich no woman understands. And Man knows it! Knows, moreover, that the Woman that God gave him Must command but may not governâshall enthral but not enslave him. And She knows, because She warns him, and Her instincts never fail, That the Female of Her Species is more deadly than the Male."
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Rudyard Kipling, "The Female of the Species: A Study in Natural History", in The Morning Post (20 October 1911)
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