Talk:The Number of Darkness/@comment-28088262-20150730135229/@comment-25226524-20150730140740

There's a couple issues with your concern about the "fairer sex" comment. The biggest reason that this comment shouldn't offend anyone is because it was written by an old man in 1860, not from Humboldt's perspective. People need to keep in mind that most writers are writing from the perspective of the character, and will usually try to be as true to that character's mannerisms as possible.