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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... position well into the eighteenth century . Paré accepted Galen's interpretation of the internal location of woman's genitals as proof of her inferior supply of heat . " What man hath ap- parent without , that women have hid within ...
... position well into the eighteenth century . Paré accepted Galen's interpretation of the internal location of woman's genitals as proof of her inferior supply of heat . " What man hath ap- parent without , that women have hid within ...
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... position on the nature of woman's soul . Theologians based their theories on a number of foundations , including the Genesis myth in which woman was created from the rib of man ; the belief that Eve was centrally responsible for the ...
... position on the nature of woman's soul . Theologians based their theories on a number of foundations , including the Genesis myth in which woman was created from the rib of man ; the belief that Eve was centrally responsible for the ...
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... position that woman was capable of reason , only less capable than man . While accepting a concept that required woman to become " like a man " in order to act rationally , these scientists enjoined women to refuse to do so . Unlike ...
... position that woman was capable of reason , only less capable than man . While accepting a concept that required woman to become " like a man " in order to act rationally , these scientists enjoined women to refuse to do so . Unlike ...
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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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