The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 sider 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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... GRATIAN . Gratian , a twelfth - century Benedictine monk often considered the father of canon law , was the primary proponent of the position that woman lacked a soul and was not in God's image . In the Decretum , a systematization of ...
... GRATIAN . Gratian , a twelfth - century Benedictine monk often considered the father of canon law , was the primary proponent of the position that woman lacked a soul and was not in God's image . In the Decretum , a systematization of ...
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... Gratian , took seriously the words of Paul about the veiling of women . " Why , then , is the man on that account not bound to cover his head , because he is the image and glory of God , while the woman is bound to do so , because she ...
... Gratian , took seriously the words of Paul about the veiling of women . " Why , then , is the man on that account not bound to cover his head , because he is the image and glory of God , while the woman is bound to do so , because she ...
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... ( Gratian ) , 56 Davis , Joseph Barnard , 70 , 71 Delauney , Gaetan , 40 Descartes , René , 60-64 , 179-80n.54 , 180n.58 The Descent of Man ( Darwin ) , 38-39 Developmental arrest , woman's , 43 , 67 Difference . See Gender differences ...
... ( Gratian ) , 56 Davis , Joseph Barnard , 70 , 71 Delauney , Gaetan , 40 Descartes , René , 60-64 , 179-80n.54 , 180n.58 The Descent of Man ( Darwin ) , 38-39 Developmental arrest , woman's , 43 , 67 Difference . See Gender differences ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of ... Nancy Tuana Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1993 |
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