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 38
... greater male variation is the premise of the greater perfection of the male . 52 When we examine the physical and psychological differences between woman and man that Darwin claimed to result from sexual selection , we find that in each ...
... greater male variation is the premise of the greater perfection of the male . 52 When we examine the physical and psychological differences between woman and man that Darwin claimed to result from sexual selection , we find that in each ...
Page 67
... greater facility in language , greater tact or finesse , and a greater love of children . Cope explained , however , that these traits are all indi- cations of woman's " immaturity , " that is , her earlier arrest in maturation.76 To ...
... greater facility in language , greater tact or finesse , and a greater love of children . Cope explained , however , that these traits are all indi- cations of woman's " immaturity , " that is , her earlier arrest in maturation.76 To ...
Page 68
... greater cerebral variability and therefore more originality , " woman has greater cerebral “ stability and therefore more ' common sense . ' " Man is capable of grasping general principles , while woman is interested in the particulars ...
... greater cerebral variability and therefore more originality , " woman has greater cerebral “ stability and therefore more ' common sense . ' " Man is capable of grasping general principles , while woman is interested in the particulars ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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