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Page 372
... women had been spared the trials of the hunt and war , and that man had therefore evolved as the superior and craftier sex . Other writers stated that men were taller , heavier , and endowed with bigger brains than women - proof of ...
... women had been spared the trials of the hunt and war , and that man had therefore evolved as the superior and craftier sex . Other writers stated that men were taller , heavier , and endowed with bigger brains than women - proof of ...
Page 409
... women if bringing women into fields that have been defined as male frightens the men , unsexes the women , muffles and distorts the contribution the women could make , either because their presence excludes men from the occupation or ...
... women if bringing women into fields that have been defined as male frightens the men , unsexes the women , muffles and distorts the contribution the women could make , either because their presence excludes men from the occupation or ...
Page 557
... women , women's lower status and their inability to support themselves made divorce largely a male prerogative . Most societies , nevertheless , could not tolerate large - scale divorce because of women's economic helplessness and the ...
... women , women's lower status and their inability to support themselves made divorce largely a male prerogative . Most societies , nevertheless , could not tolerate large - scale divorce because of women's economic helplessness and the ...
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