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 70
... brain weight difference between the sexes is 8 percent , a clear discrepancy between current measurements and ear- lier records of sex differences in absolute brain weight.85 To account for this di- vergence , we must look at the ...
... brain weight difference between the sexes is 8 percent , a clear discrepancy between current measurements and ear- lier records of sex differences in absolute brain weight.85 To account for this di- vergence , we must look at the ...
Page 72
... brain , while it would be quite possible that all the same her brain endowment might in pro- portion be equal , or even ampler than man's.91 Some alternate measures were devised . A number of theorists suggested that the relative weight ...
... brain , while it would be quite possible that all the same her brain endowment might in pro- portion be equal , or even ampler than man's.91 Some alternate measures were devised . A number of theorists suggested that the relative weight ...
Page 73
... brain depends exclusively on the small size of her body . Tiedemann has proposed this explana- tion . But we must not forget that women are , on the average , a little less intel- ligent than men , a difference which we should not ...
... brain depends exclusively on the small size of her body . Tiedemann has proposed this explana- tion . But we must not forget that women are , on the average , a little less intel- ligent than men , a difference which we should not ...
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