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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... wife . The main character of the dialogue , Ischomachos , describes the role of a wife and gives an account of her proper training . 116 Ischomachos brags that he trained his wife himself . He proudly explains that when his wife first ...
... wife . The main character of the dialogue , Ischomachos , describes the role of a wife and gives an account of her proper training . 116 Ischomachos brags that he trained his wife himself . He proudly explains that when his wife first ...
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... wife , comparing their relationship to that of Christ and church . " As the church is subject to Christ , so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands " ( Ephesians 5:24 ) . Although Paul claimed that husband and wife ...
... wife , comparing their relationship to that of Christ and church . " As the church is subject to Christ , so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands " ( Ephesians 5:24 ) . Although Paul claimed that husband and wife ...
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... WIFE While philosophers stressed the proper relationships between husbands and wives , scientists emphasized domesticity as woman's natural lot . In his text on female diseases , Charles Meigs explained that woman's role in the private ...
... WIFE While philosophers stressed the proper relationships between husbands and wives , scientists emphasized domesticity as woman's natural lot . In his text on female diseases , Charles Meigs explained that woman's role in the private ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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