The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureThis 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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Within each race , woman was seen as at a lower stage of perfection than the
man of that race . This allowed for some women , namely upper - class , white ,
European women , to be seen as more highly evolved than some men , such as ...
Within each race , woman was seen as at a lower stage of perfection than the
man of that race . This allowed for some women , namely upper - class , white ,
European women , to be seen as more highly evolved than some men , such as ...
Page 67
But this can hardly be seen as a positive factor , since he put the intuitive faculty
at a lower , less civilized state of evolution . The obvious conclusion is that
woman is less evolved than man . Herbert Spencer elaborated upon this account
of ...
But this can hardly be seen as a positive factor , since he put the intuitive faculty
at a lower , less civilized state of evolution . The obvious conclusion is that
woman is less evolved than man . Herbert Spencer elaborated upon this account
of ...
Page 148
From Aristotle to William Harvey , early embryologists believed that new life was
produced through gradual development from unorganized matter , what we now
call an epigenetic theory of development . Form was seen as evolving from the ...
From Aristotle to William Harvey , early embryologists believed that new life was
produced through gradual development from unorganized matter , what we now
call an epigenetic theory of development . Form was seen as evolving from the ...
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Contents
Between Man and Animal | 1 |
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
The Hysteria of Woman | 93 |
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| Title | The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature Issue 112 of ISSR library Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies Race, gender, and science |
| Author | Nancy Tuana |
| Contributor | International Society for Science and Religion |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0253360986, 9780253360984 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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