Perhaps the most influential person to come to the conclusion that women are the superior gender was Dr. Ashley Montagu, who died on November 26, 1999 at the age of ninety-four. One of the key forces behind the United Nations UNESCO statement on race, Dr. Montagu was the author of more than sixty books. Montagu wrote books on anthropology, human anatomy, intelligence, and marriage. His last book published was “The Natural Superiority of Women”, originally published in 1952 and updated four times. The fifth edition was published in 1999 and has been expanded and modernized to fortify Dr. Montagu’s theme that women are superior to men.

The book argues that the female of the species is biologically, sexually, emotionally, and even intellectually superior to the male. Dr. Montagu writes that women possess humane intelligence that will enable women to steer society toward a more humanized condition. Dr. Montagu used his knowledge of physical anthropology to dispel the myth of conventional wisdom that women are the "weaker sex" by showing how women's biological, genetic, and physical makeup makes her not only man's equal, but his superior. Dr. Montagu explains that his thesis is supported by scientific evidence. Dr. Montagu challenges his readers to distinguish between facts and opinions and he reminds us that facts are either true of false, and he welcomes all evidence that questions any of his facts and the conclusions deduced from these.

From “The Natural Superiority of Women”:

“…the evidence indicates that woman is, on the whole, biologically superior to man.”

“The evidence is clear: from the constitutional standpoint, woman is the stronger sex. The explanation of the greater constitutional strength of the female lies largely, if not entirely, in her possession of two complete X-chromosomes and the male’s possession of only one.”

“From infancy to adulthood the female superiority in verbal or linguistic functions is consistent and marked.”

“Girls excel in most tests of memory. They do significantly better on tests of picture memories and such tests as copying a bead chain from memory.”

“As far as intelligence scores and other indicators of what we call intelligence go, the conclusion is clear: Girls do better than boys. …In short, the age-old myth that women are of inferior intelligence to men has, as far as the scientific evidence goes, not a leg to stand upon.”

“…women continue to grow in intelligence; and in the kind of intelligence that is of the greatest importance for the survival of the human race. I think it can be shown that women far outdistance men.”

“Studies carried out at both Duke University and at the University of London, uniformly agree that woman are far better judges of character of men, yet another evidence of woman’s higher problem solver abilities.”

“With respect to psychological and social qualities, the facts again, it seems to me, prove that women are superior to men.”

“Women are the bearers, the nurturers of life; men have more often tended to be the curtailers, the destroyers of life.”