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 22
... turn outward the woman's , turn inward , so to speak , and fold double the man's , and you will find them the same in both in every respect . ' " 20 Accepting the Aristotelian thesis that woman is like man but lower in the hi- erarchy ...
... turn outward the woman's , turn inward , so to speak , and fold double the man's , and you will find them the same in both in every respect . ' " 20 Accepting the Aristotelian thesis that woman is like man but lower in the hi- erarchy ...
Page 94
... turns because it is empty and light . There is , in fact , empty space for it to turn in because the belly is empty . Now when the womb turns , it hits the liver and they go together and strike against the abdomen - for the womb rushes ...
... turns because it is empty and light . There is , in fact , empty space for it to turn in because the belly is empty . Now when the womb turns , it hits the liver and they go together and strike against the abdomen - for the womb rushes ...
Page 95
... turn , might cause " melancholic madness and mania . " " 14 Although until the nineteenth century emphasis was upon the physical ailments to which women were prone because of their sexual organs , a connection be- tween the uterus and ...
... turn , might cause " melancholic madness and mania . " " 14 Although until the nineteenth century emphasis was upon the physical ailments to which women were prone because of their sexual organs , a connection be- tween the uterus and ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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