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 64
... scientists developed modern versions of Gratian's denial that woman possessed soul , arguing that woman was totally incapable of reason . But the ma- jority of scientists took the more moderate position that woman was capable of reason ...
... scientists developed modern versions of Gratian's denial that woman possessed soul , arguing that woman was totally incapable of reason . But the ma- jority of scientists took the more moderate position that woman was capable of reason ...
Page 164
... scientists were frequently raised in opposition to those who were arguing for women's rights and equality with men in the public realm . Often scientists would stress the physical and psycho- logical damage that would result to the ...
... scientists were frequently raised in opposition to those who were arguing for women's rights and equality with men in the public realm . Often scientists would stress the physical and psycho- logical damage that would result to the ...
Page 165
... scientists insisted that a " hermaph- roditic " form of government or society was evidence of a lower evolutionary level . In other words , they claimed that the sexual division of labor among the nineteenth - century European middle ...
... scientists insisted that a " hermaph- roditic " form of government or society was evidence of a lower evolutionary level . In other words , they claimed that the sexual division of labor among the nineteenth - century European middle ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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