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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... result of basic differences in the cell metabolisms of women and men . He claimed that at the level of the cell , maleness is characterized by the disposition to dissipate energy , or a " katabolic " habit of body , femaleness by the ...
... result of basic differences in the cell metabolisms of women and men . He claimed that at the level of the cell , maleness is characterized by the disposition to dissipate energy , or a " katabolic " habit of body , femaleness by the ...
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... resulting paralysis and blindness , were seen as a result of demonic possession rather than a symptom of a diseased uterus . But sixteenth - century medical theory still continued to support views similar to those of the classical ...
... resulting paralysis and blindness , were seen as a result of demonic possession rather than a symptom of a diseased uterus . But sixteenth - century medical theory still continued to support views similar to those of the classical ...
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... result of an infusion of the H - Y antigen , while female development is depicted as the passive result of its absence . This absence metaphor is quickly picked up by those writing popularized texts , particularly those desiring to ...
... result of an infusion of the H - Y antigen , while female development is depicted as the passive result of its absence . This absence metaphor is quickly picked up by those writing popularized texts , particularly those desiring to ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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