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 71
... seed , that could be removed and weighed . Given the irregularity of the skull , the amount of shot or seed would vary according to how carefully it was packed within . Tapping and shaking the skull would assist the settling of the shot ...
... seed , that could be removed and weighed . Given the irregularity of the skull , the amount of shot or seed would vary according to how carefully it was packed within . Tapping and shaking the skull would assist the settling of the shot ...
Page 122
... seed is the primary creative force . The woman is like a plowed field that merely provides nourishment for the fertile seed . " SPERM CHILDREN . This theme that the male seed is the primary source of creation - is re- peated frequently ...
... seed is the primary creative force . The woman is like a plowed field that merely provides nourishment for the fertile seed . " SPERM CHILDREN . This theme that the male seed is the primary source of creation - is re- peated frequently ...
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... seed , arguing that the male parent provided only a stimulus that caused the outermost seed to begin its growth . However , by 1680 a version of preformation that viewed the male par- ent as the source of seed was offered . Chicken eggs ...
... seed , arguing that the male parent provided only a stimulus that caused the outermost seed to begin its growth . However , by 1680 a version of preformation that viewed the male par- ent as the source of seed was offered . Chicken eggs ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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