The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 Seiten 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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... According to this theory , the stages of individual embryonic growth parallel the life history of its species ; it was believed that one could trace ancestral adult stages in the embryonic stages of descen- dants . The embryonic stages ...
... According to this theory , the stages of individual embryonic growth parallel the life history of its species ; it was believed that one could trace ancestral adult stages in the embryonic stages of descen- dants . The embryonic stages ...
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... according to Darwin , " is shown by man's attaining to a higher eminence , in whatever he takes up , than can woman — whether requiring deep thought , reason , or imagination , or merely the use of the senses and hands . " 68 In a ...
... according to Darwin , " is shown by man's attaining to a higher eminence , in whatever he takes up , than can woman — whether requiring deep thought , reason , or imagination , or merely the use of the senses and hands . " 68 In a ...
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... According to him , each body forms a closed system , which contains only a finite amount of energy . Since the functioning of each organ requires expenditure of energy , any undue demand placed upon one organ inevitably depletes some ...
... According to him , each body forms a closed system , which contains only a finite amount of energy . Since the functioning of each organ requires expenditure of energy , any undue demand placed upon one organ inevitably depletes some ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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