what is the right side of the brain associated with
Lateralization of brain function In the 19th century and to a lesser extent the 20th, it was thought that each side of the brain was associated with a specific gender: the left corresponding with masculinity and the right with femininity and each half could function independently.[38] The right side of the brain was seen as the inferior and thought to be prominent in women, savages, children, criminals, and the insane. A prime example of this in fictional literature can be seen in Robert Louis Stevensonâ€™s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.[39]