ABSTRACT
Just as genetics developed through the study of mutations and physiology through that of pathology, research on sex differences is indebted to the study of deviancy. Young males appear to be particularly fragile with regard to behavioral difficulties, enuresis, encopresis, and learning disabilities. Violent crime, a pathological form of this normally beneficial behavior, is largely a male affair. The female violence appears to be a pathology of internalization of the world, whereas male violence appears to be a pathology of its externalization. Premenstrual syndrome underscores the relationship of the psyche to the female body. At the same time, it illustrates the importance of emotivity for woman. The contrasting psychiatry of the sexes is of more than anecdotal interest, for it highlights the nature of the two sexes. It also constitutes the ultimate illustration of the logical problems that masculinity and femininity can pose for the adepts of feminism.
