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Excessive Sex-Distinction
Gilman defines "sex-distinction" against the popular confusion of the term with "sensual," then argues humans — and human women especially — show far more exaggerated differentiation between the sexes than other species, visible physically, psychically, and even in how children are raised.
"Sex-distinction" defined and distinguished from "sensual"Comparative evidence from other animal speciesSex-attraction developed into an overwhelming psychic passionWhy the effect is more pronounced in women than menChildhood as evidence: exaggerated gender display is learned, not innate