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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... insisted that Eve was " similar to Adam so far as the image of God in concerned , that is in justice , wisdom and happiness , " but in the next breath said " she was nevertheless a woman . ' " 33 Lest the reader misunderstand his point ...
... insisted that Eve was " similar to Adam so far as the image of God in concerned , that is in justice , wisdom and happiness , " but in the next breath said " she was nevertheless a woman . ' " 33 Lest the reader misunderstand his point ...
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... insisted that it was " at the foundation , physiologically and pathologically , of much of the mental derangement that occurs in women . ' " 33 Others , like Laycock , impli- cated the ovaries , viewing them as " the most essential of ...
... insisted that it was " at the foundation , physiologically and pathologically , of much of the mental derangement that occurs in women . ' " 33 Others , like Laycock , impli- cated the ovaries , viewing them as " the most essential of ...
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... insisted that these women not only gave birth to “ the healthiest , the most robust , the most well - built men in the world , " but that they were the purest and most lovable of all women.69 A woman who stepped outside of the ...
... insisted that these women not only gave birth to “ the healthiest , the most robust , the most well - built men in the world , " but that they were the purest and most lovable of all women.69 A woman who stepped outside of the ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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