Is that one Copper Beeches? I think it is. And the last one is from the Sussex Vampire story. I'm pretty sure the third one is from "The Man with the Twisted Lip".
I think, in ACD canon, Holmes's distaste for women stems from his desire to be the perfect thinking machine. He sees women as being creatures of instinct and sentiment, which would be supported by his culture. Those who prove him wrong are exceptions. He puts pure reason on such a pedestal that he's confounded by anyone who would rely upon something so intangible as a "woman's instinct", even though he acknowledges its reality. Women confuse him, and he doesn't like things he can't quantify.
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Date: 2012-07-18 06:00 am (UTC)I think, in ACD canon, Holmes's distaste for women stems from his desire to be the perfect thinking machine. He sees women as being creatures of instinct and sentiment, which would be supported by his culture. Those who prove him wrong are exceptions. He puts pure reason on such a pedestal that he's confounded by anyone who would rely upon something so intangible as a "woman's instinct", even though he acknowledges its reality. Women confuse him, and he doesn't like things he can't quantify.