Re: higamous, hogamus

[G. Marc Turner]

Taking a break from grading papers...

One website sites p183 of Ramachandran V. S. & Blakeslee S. (1998) Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind. New York: Morrow & Co for this quote... http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/pub/slehar/quotes/rama.html but, this is most likely just where they got the quote from and if someone has that handy, they can see who it is attributed to... my guess based on the apparent topic of the book is that they will attribute it to James...

It also appears in one web document as "an old rhyme"... ( http://www.about-face.org/r/press/sfgate012702.html )

On this one it appears to be attributed to Narodna Rima (http://www.womenngo.org.yu/sajt/feministicka94/sirena/sirena10.htm#_ftn2) Don't understand the language on this page, so admit my ignorance on this one...

This one refers to it as old folk wisdom: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/8434/dinnerst.htm

And also attributed by Dorothy Dinnerstein to a an old folk rhyme in a book chapter... http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/contents.asp?ref=0631222715


The majority of sites I found attribute it to Wm James... but they also tend to be sites from/for psychologists. Those that site it as an old rhyme, folk wisdom, etc. tend to be sites geared at changing/challenging stereotypes about women... perhaps James might have put it to paper, but he had heard somewhere else previously... or since he put it to paper so long ago it has become part of what many consider to be "folk lore" to be challenged...


Okay, it's late... I must return to grading...
- Marc


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