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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... advance . Scientists were quick to apply this argument to humans , the obvious conclusion being that the differences between woman and man were widening with evolutionary progress . This conclusion became the foundation of the popular ...
... advance . Scientists were quick to apply this argument to humans , the obvious conclusion being that the differences between woman and man were widening with evolutionary progress . This conclusion became the foundation of the popular ...
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... advances and wishing to cause trouble for her , told Hephaistos that Athena was attracted to him and was coming to express her desire . Believing Poseidon , Hephaistos thrust himself at Athena when she entered the forge . Athena wanted ...
... advances and wishing to cause trouble for her , told Hephaistos that Athena was attracted to him and was coming to express her desire . Believing Poseidon , Hephaistos thrust himself at Athena when she entered the forge . Athena wanted ...
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... advances , Hephaistos was so aroused that he ejaculated against her thigh . Athena wiped off her thigh with a piece of wool , which she threw to the ground . When the seed of Hephaistos mixed with the earth , Erichthonius was produced ...
... advances , Hephaistos was so aroused that he ejaculated against her thigh . Athena wiped off her thigh with a piece of wool , which she threw to the ground . When the seed of Hephaistos mixed with the earth , Erichthonius was produced ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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