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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... ask if the small size of the female brain depends exclusively on the small size of her body . Tiedemann has proposed this explana- tion . But we must not forget that women are , on the average , a little less intel- ligent than men , a ...
... ask if the small size of the female brain depends exclusively on the small size of her body . Tiedemann has proposed this explana- tion . But we must not forget that women are , on the average , a little less intel- ligent than men , a ...
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... ask him to make her a set of weapons . Poseidon , angry at Athena for rejecting his advances and wishing to cause trouble for her , told Hephaistos that Athena was attracted to him and was coming to express her desire . Believing ...
... ask him to make her a set of weapons . Poseidon , angry at Athena for rejecting his advances and wishing to cause trouble for her , told Hephaistos that Athena was attracted to him and was coming to express her desire . Believing ...
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... ask the fewest possible questions . " 10 Woman , like the passions , must be kept in abeyance until she has a ruling faculty , a husband , who can serve as the rational element that will teach her proper order . Ischomachos taught his ...
... ask the fewest possible questions . " 10 Woman , like the passions , must be kept in abeyance until she has a ruling faculty , a husband , who can serve as the rational element that will teach her proper order . Ischomachos taught his ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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