Does Size Really Matter?

In Stephen Jay Gould's "Women's Brains" he talks about how a scientist by the name of Broca explains that women's brains are smaller then that of a white male, which would make them inferior to men.

I agree with Gould when he says that he believes that "Broca's numbers to be sound but his interpretation ill-founded". No one right now can exactly say whose brain is really bigger, due to size and weight, and what causes brain growth, but to say that women are inferior to males just because their brain may be a little smaller is wrong.

Many women have succeeded far beyond many males in education. They tend to do better in school then most males. women may seem to have a smaller mind but the facts now seem to show a different story. Women are able to comprehend and understand things better then males, true that women are a more careful when speaking out, unlike males who just say things and do not make it seem like a question. But women are able to understand and break things down unlike many males can.

I am not saying that women are superior to men or vica versa, I am just trying to explain that women may have a smaller brain but that does not prove exactly that they are inferior.

And who knows future tests may prove different things and our technology may seem inferior then but for now I agree with Gould that women may have smaller brains but that does not make them inferior.

who would of knew.

Before this class I had not read King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" but in highschool one of my teachers made our class listen to his "I Have A Dream" speech. As she played it for us, she told us to be quiet and just listen to his words. As the tape played on, our teachers eyes began to water and soon she began to cry. Before that I had not really paid much attention to King's speech, but after seeing how much it really moved people I began to really listen. King's speech was very moving and visible. It was as if you were really there standing beside him as he spoke.
And he spoke the same way in his letter to the clergymen. His details and examples were moving and relizable. King had a way with words that moved anyone who heard them and I would not of really understood that, if it was not for my teacher.