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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... suggested that the relative weight of the brain to the body was the true measure of intelligence . Using this measure , the influential German anatomist Friedrich Tiedemann ( 1781-1861 ) and others demonstrated that the female brain ...
... suggested that the relative weight of the brain to the body was the true measure of intelligence . Using this measure , the influential German anatomist Friedrich Tiedemann ( 1781-1861 ) and others demonstrated that the female brain ...
Page 176
... suggests that Aristotle's view of women as monstrosities may have tied in with euthanasia practices in which ... suggest the fol- lowing secondary texts as a beginning : Dobbs , The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy ; Eli- ade , The Forge ...
... suggests that Aristotle's view of women as monstrosities may have tied in with euthanasia practices in which ... suggest the fol- lowing secondary texts as a beginning : Dobbs , The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy ; Eli- ade , The Forge ...
Page 186
... suggests that such taboos may also be seen as a means of male ( priestly ) control over female power ( p . 88 ) . 27. Even though Christian theologians have viewed humans as made in God's image , the metaphor here is interpreted in ...
... suggests that such taboos may also be seen as a means of male ( priestly ) control over female power ( p . 88 ) . 27. Even though Christian theologians have viewed humans as made in God's image , the metaphor here is interpreted in ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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