...Woman says: man is a tyrannical oppressor, and his rule over the earth has produced nothing but tragedies and ruin...

And had rule been in woman's hands from the very first, humanity would have been spared many a devastating war...

And man says: woman cannot do productive work in politics, and her taking the helm of affairs would mean the ruin of humanity forever. Now the French writer 'Maurice Toesca' has brought out a book on the problem of women, in which he supports woman in her stand against man...

'Maurice Toesca' says that man has failed

once and for all to bring the ship to a safe shore, and that these wars which men wage upon the earth are the greatest proof of their failure.

And the latest failure that has befallen man is his invention of this bomb, which is capable of wrecking the whole terrestrial globe...

Man's genius has guided him to nothing but destruction, from the day man first stood on the face of the earth...

As for the things in which man has succeeded completely, they are trivial things... Men have

succeeded in designing women's fashions; they have succeeded in being excellent cooks; and they have created beautiful things out of nothing — a lovely belt from a piece of leather, an exquisite ribbon from a strip of cloth...

And woman does not complain of that; she only wishes man had never stepped beyond this circle of occupations...

Woman Is More Capable

Toesca says: man is incapable of setting humanity's affairs in order, because he is incapable of setting his own house in order; and in his view women are

worthier of steering the ship's helm than men.

And he has his proofs for it...

He says: 'Women never turn toward destruction, but toward creation. They have never wished to bear arms... They prefer to bear children; and it is not in their nature to harbor the mad delusion that makes men die under the banner of glory... or on the field of honor!!'

'Woman's natural bent is toward life, and it is in their instinct to preserve everything.'

'Man is an