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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... speak , and fold double the man's , and you will find them the same in both in every respect . ' " 20 Accepting the Aristotelian thesis that woman is like man but lower in the hi- erarchy of being , Galen conceived of her genitals as an ...
... speak , and fold double the man's , and you will find them the same in both in every respect . ' " 20 Accepting the Aristotelian thesis that woman is like man but lower in the hi- erarchy of being , Galen conceived of her genitals as an ...
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... speak for themselves : Compare the true woman , who recognizes the value and importance of the natural functions in their influence on future generations , with the little creature who " shunts " the conjugal and maternal duties ; who ...
... speak for themselves : Compare the true woman , who recognizes the value and importance of the natural functions in their influence on future generations , with the little creature who " shunts " the conjugal and maternal duties ; who ...
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... speak- ing , a new metaphysic . In the words of Luce Irigaray , " If we continue to speak this sameness , if we speak to each other as men have spoken for centuries , as they have taught us to speak , we will fail each other . Again ...
... speak- ing , a new metaphysic . In the words of Luce Irigaray , " If we continue to speak this sameness , if we speak to each other as men have spoken for centuries , as they have taught us to speak , we will fail each other . Again ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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