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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Side xi
... woman is in need of control . Section one examines the claim that woman is less perfect than man , the premise from which all other beliefs about woman evolve . The creation myths of religion and the hierarchical ordering of existence ...
... woman is in need of control . Section one examines the claim that woman is less perfect than man , the premise from which all other beliefs about woman evolve . The creation myths of religion and the hierarchical ordering of existence ...
Side 86
... woman would make " no secret of having lovers other than her husband . " 38 In such a state , " the feminine character reveals itself ; by man's leave , woman lays claim to freedom over against man and , at the same time , to the ...
... woman would make " no secret of having lovers other than her husband . " 38 In such a state , " the feminine character reveals itself ; by man's leave , woman lays claim to freedom over against man and , at the same time , to the ...
Side 171
... Woman's response is the opposite . " Just as in sexual phys- iology the female principle is one of receiving , keeping and nourishing - woman's specific form of creativeness , that of motherhood , is tied up with the life of na- ture ...
... Woman's response is the opposite . " Just as in sexual phys- iology the female principle is one of receiving , keeping and nourishing - woman's specific form of creativeness , that of motherhood , is tied up with the life of na- ture ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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