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Page 128
... woman is a dependent and hence a " natural " subject . A male slave , contrariwise , is a subject only because of the conventions of men . It follows , therefore , that a slave , unlike a woman , is competent to receive holy orders ...
... woman is a dependent and hence a " natural " subject . A male slave , contrariwise , is a subject only because of the conventions of men . It follows , therefore , that a slave , unlike a woman , is competent to receive holy orders ...
Page 261
... woman is not only an invalid , but a wounded one . " 64 Comte saw femininity as a kind of prolonged infancy , and Balzac felt that women were incapable of reason or of absorbing useful knowledge from books . Hegel considered women ...
... woman is not only an invalid , but a wounded one . " 64 Comte saw femininity as a kind of prolonged infancy , and Balzac felt that women were incapable of reason or of absorbing useful knowledge from books . Hegel considered women ...
Page 311
... woman and wife in America , as in Europe , was one of considerable inferiority . Two distinct approaches served to ... woman's inferior role was taken for granted and attributed to her physical and mental inferiority as well as to ...
... woman and wife in America , as in Europe , was one of considerable inferiority . Two distinct approaches served to ... woman's inferior role was taken for granted and attributed to her physical and mental inferiority as well as to ...
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