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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... individual evolution in women than in men , necessitated by the reservation of vital power to meet the cost of reproduction . " 84 The premise un- derlying this perspective is that each organism possesses a limited amount of en- ergy ...
... individual evolution in women than in men , necessitated by the reservation of vital power to meet the cost of reproduction . " 84 The premise un- derlying this perspective is that each organism possesses a limited amount of en- ergy ...
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... individual characteristics , and that these individual differences in turn form the material out of which natural selection produces new species . Geddes's interpretation of Weismann's germ - plasm theory is a biological expla- nation ...
... individual characteristics , and that these individual differences in turn form the material out of which natural selection produces new species . Geddes's interpretation of Weismann's germ - plasm theory is a biological expla- nation ...
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... individual evolution in women than in men , " designed to conserve energy needed for re- production , to account for woman's inferior intellectual abilities.72 In Spencer's account , the mental manifestations of woman's earlier arrest ...
... individual evolution in women than in men , " designed to conserve energy needed for re- production , to account for woman's inferior intellectual abilities.72 In Spencer's account , the mental manifestations of woman's earlier arrest ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of ... Nancy Tuana Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1993 |
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