The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 pages This book looks at five major beliefs about woman's nature generally accepted by Western philosophers, theologians, and scientists from the classical period to the nineteenth century. These are that: woman is less perfect than man, woman possesses inferior rational capacities, woman has a defective moral sense, man is the primary creative force, and that woman is in need of control. |
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Page 57
... become a living spirit , resembling you males . For every woman who makes her- self male will enter the Kingdom of Heaven . " 22 The Gospel of Thomas presents a hierarchy of salvation . For a man to achieve salvation , he must become a ...
... become a living spirit , resembling you males . For every woman who makes her- self male will enter the Kingdom of Heaven . " 22 The Gospel of Thomas presents a hierarchy of salvation . For a man to achieve salvation , he must become a ...
Page 64
... become " like a man " in order to act rationally , these scientists enjoined women to refuse to do so . Unlike Philo , who urged women to make every effort to become male , modern scientists warned that any such attempt would be di ...
... become " like a man " in order to act rationally , these scientists enjoined women to refuse to do so . Unlike Philo , who urged women to make every effort to become male , modern scientists warned that any such attempt would be di ...
Page 147
... become witches ! Paracelsus believed in the existence of witchcraft , and accepted the common view that women were more likely to practice it . To him , witchcraft was an evil art in which the powers of creation are perverted . Women ...
... become witches ! Paracelsus believed in the existence of witchcraft , and accepted the common view that women were more likely to practice it . To him , witchcraft was an evil art in which the powers of creation are perverted . Women ...
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