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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... energy , Spencer concluded that woman would have less available energy than man for intellectual and psychic growth . Furthermore , Spencer insisted that the need for excess energy to support fe- tal development required a shorter ...
... energy , Spencer concluded that woman would have less available energy than man for intellectual and psychic growth . Furthermore , Spencer insisted that the need for excess energy to support fe- tal development required a shorter ...
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... energy , or a " katabolic " habit of body , femaleness by the disposition to conserve energy , or an " anabolic " habit of body . Based on this thesis , Geddes postulated that sex differences were a func- tion of the general energy ...
... energy , or a " katabolic " habit of body , femaleness by the disposition to conserve energy , or an " anabolic " habit of body . Based on this thesis , Geddes postulated that sex differences were a func- tion of the general energy ...
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... energy . Spencer worked out the application of this principle to the human body . 111 According to him , each body forms a closed system , which contains only a finite amount of energy . Since the functioning of each organ requires ...
... energy . Spencer worked out the application of this principle to the human body . 111 According to him , each body forms a closed system , which contains only a finite amount of energy . Since the functioning of each organ requires ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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