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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... argument can be made either for the equal perfection of woman and man or for the metaphysical superiority of man ... argued that her exis- tence is dependent upon his , she is a part of man , and thus is less perfect . An alternative ...
... argument can be made either for the equal perfection of woman and man or for the metaphysical superiority of man ... argued that her exis- tence is dependent upon his , she is a part of man , and thus is less perfect . An alternative ...
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... argued that these characteristics were reliable indicators of more primitive skulls because they were traits possessed both by women and non- European races . In other words , Schaaffhausen presupposed the inferiority of women and non ...
... argued that these characteristics were reliable indicators of more primitive skulls because they were traits possessed both by women and non- European races . In other words , Schaaffhausen presupposed the inferiority of women and non ...
Page 165
... argued even more vehemently that such efforts could result in the ex- tinction of the entire human species . " I cannot conclude this discussion of the more abstract aspect of the subject without an acknowledgment of the fact that the ...
... argued even more vehemently that such efforts could result in the ex- tinction of the entire human species . " I cannot conclude this discussion of the more abstract aspect of the subject without an acknowledgment of the fact that the ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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