The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 pages 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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... lead and gold is the yellow color of gold . Based on the theory of elements , a high degree of fire in an object makes it yellow in color . Alchemists thus concluded that an increase in the amount of fire in the lead would turn it into ...
... lead and gold is the yellow color of gold . Based on the theory of elements , a high degree of fire in an object makes it yellow in color . Alchemists thus concluded that an increase in the amount of fire in the lead would turn it into ...
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... lead a solitary life . " " 23 During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , woman's reproductive or- gans were perceived as rendering her more susceptible to physical illness ( al- though theorists allowed , as had Paré two ...
... lead a solitary life . " " 23 During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , woman's reproductive or- gans were perceived as rendering her more susceptible to physical illness ( al- though theorists allowed , as had Paré two ...
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... leads to a more practical solution . In the words of Hippolytos , " women are a huge natural calamity , / against which ... lead a good life . Thus , woman , left on her own , would be led astray by her passions , particularly her sexual ...
... leads to a more practical solution . In the words of Hippolytos , " women are a huge natural calamity , / against which ... lead a good life . Thus , woman , left on her own , would be led astray by her passions , particularly her sexual ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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