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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... fact " of wom- an's inferiority was often an assumption of scientists rather than a hypothesis open to investigation . Scientists did , however , devote considerable energy to de- veloping a biological explanation and justification for ...
... fact " of wom- an's inferiority was often an assumption of scientists rather than a hypothesis open to investigation . Scientists did , however , devote considerable energy to de- veloping a biological explanation and justification for ...
Page 62
... fact admitting that they are reliable guides to our well - being . But he remained adamant about excluding senses and passions from the realm of rationality , arguing that they should not be seen as sources of truth . He explained that ...
... fact admitting that they are reliable guides to our well - being . But he remained adamant about excluding senses and passions from the realm of rationality , arguing that they should not be seen as sources of truth . He explained that ...
Page 177
... fact , is still the argument of contemporary sociobiologists . See , for exam- ple , the writings of Wilson , Sociobiology : The New Synthesis ; Barash , The Whisperings Within ; and Dawkins , The Selfish Gene . For a sampling of the ...
... fact , is still the argument of contemporary sociobiologists . See , for exam- ple , the writings of Wilson , Sociobiology : The New Synthesis ; Barash , The Whisperings Within ; and Dawkins , The Selfish Gene . For a sampling of the ...
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