The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 страница 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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... attempt by women to become equal to men would enervate the individual woman and , if taken to an extreme via higher education for women , would ultimately lead to the weakening of the race . These beliefs ensured that few women would be ...
... attempt by women to become equal to men would enervate the individual woman and , if taken to an extreme via higher education for women , would ultimately lead to the weakening of the race . These beliefs ensured that few women would be ...
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... attempted to participate in the toils of higher education , or who tried to compete with men in the field of industry . Insisting that woman's role in reproduction demanded far more energy than it did of ... attempt to 164 THE BEAUTIFUL EVIL.
... attempted to participate in the toils of higher education , or who tried to compete with men in the field of industry . Insisting that woman's role in reproduction demanded far more energy than it did of ... attempt to 164 THE BEAUTIFUL EVIL.
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... attempt to equalize female and male social roles by insisting that such efforts would result in the dev- olution of ... attempts of women's rights activists by arguing that the demands for women's equality in the public realm could be re ...
... attempt to equalize female and male social roles by insisting that such efforts would result in the dev- olution of ... attempts of women's rights activists by arguing that the demands for women's equality in the public realm could be re ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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