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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... gives us no explanation of the nature of their births , and it is from these two female gods that all else comes . The initial creation is parthenogenetic . Chaos , without partner , gave birth to Erebos ( Underworld ) and Night . From ...
... gives us no explanation of the nature of their births , and it is from these two female gods that all else comes . The initial creation is parthenogenetic . Chaos , without partner , gave birth to Erebos ( Underworld ) and Night . From ...
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... gives birth through the head rather than the womb . This is a final , important reversal , since the head , associated with reason , is seen as the opposite of the womb , associated with passion.44 " 46 The birth reversals of Zeus were ...
... gives birth through the head rather than the womb . This is a final , important reversal , since the head , associated with reason , is seen as the opposite of the womb , associated with passion.44 " 46 The birth reversals of Zeus were ...
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... gives us good reason to believe that the male ejaculate alone is not sufficient for conception ; otherwise , we would expect a pregnancy every time a man ejaculated into a woman's vagina . Aristotle failed to mention this anomaly . Had ...
... gives us good reason to believe that the male ejaculate alone is not sufficient for conception ; otherwise , we would expect a pregnancy every time a man ejaculated into a woman's vagina . Aristotle failed to mention this anomaly . Had ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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