Her Mind ...

This is the second post in a series I envisioned for this blog -- of focusing on and revering each and every aspect of Woman from head to toe; as well as Her other attributes and qualities.

We started with hair. Quite naturally. It's at the top. Beneath these strands of brown, gold, black, red or white lies the greatest -- and most tragically underappreciated -- resource in the universe, the brain (mind) of Woman.

From Sappho to Debbie Gibson, Emily Dickenson to Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Marie Curie to the legions of smart young Female scientists today (and yes, I am thinking of Your great mind, Adena), the genius of Woman is an incontrovertable fact -- and imagine our world today if every Woman ever born had been encouraged, not discouraged, from using Her mind.

Some studies suggest that men and Women compliment each other intellectually -- that the one is strong in the specific areas that the other is weaker. Perhaps.

Other studies assert that Women are simply smarter than men -- that Girls as a whole outperform boys on intelligence tests, and only start to fall back as They get older, specifically because of the poisonous attitudes of our society towards Women who are smart and assertive.

As modern Women become more assertive, less willing to step back and let men do all the thinking, the evidence of Their intelligence becomes as obvious as your nearest college campus, where the number of Women attending is beginning to, and in many cases already has, become greater than that of men.

Ashley Montagu devotes a whole chapter in his classic book, The Natural Superiority of Women, to the amazing Female mind and to scientific evidence for its superiority. Montagu, I would note, was not some lusty bachelor but a happily married man, who said in the dedication of his book:

"To my wife, I owe deepest thanks for being all that a naturally superior person should be."

If Montagu sincerely meant those words, if he listened eagerly to the words of that Woman, with deepest respect and appreciation; if he appreciated Her mind as much as he did Her body; if he showed in deed what he said in words, what a glorious marriage that couple must have had!