For the female is more compassionate than the male, and more easily moved to tears, and more jealous, and more querulous, and more apt to scold and to strike.
— Aristotle Ancient

Philosopher, logic, natural science

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History of Animals, Book IX, Chapter 1

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c. 350 BCE

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Controversial

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https://archive.org/details/historyofanimals00arisuoft/page/n269/mode/2up

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