Part Iii. Sexual Selection in Relation to Man, and Conclusion.

CHAPTER XIX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN. Differences between man and woman—Causes of such differences, and of certain characters common to both sexes—Law of battle—Differences in mental powers, and voice—On the influence of beauty in determining the marriages of mankind—Attention paid by savages to ornaments—Their ideas of beauty in women—The tendency to exaggerate each natural peculiarity.