The Natural Superiority of WomenRowman Altamira, 1999 - 335 من الصفحات Among the central issues of the modern feminist movement, the debate over biology and culture over sex and gender, over genetics and gender roles has certainly been one of the most passionately contested. Making revolutionary arguments upon its first publication in 1953, The Natural Superiority of Women stands as one of the original feminist arguments against biological determinism. An iconoclast, Montagu wielded his encyclopedic knowledge of physical anthropology in critique of the conventional wisdom of women as the "weaker sex," showing how women's biological, genetic, and physical makeup made her not only man's equal, but his superior. Also a humanist, Montagu points to the emotional and social qualities typically ascribed to and devalued in women as being key to just social life and relationships. Subsequent editions of this book have provided additional support for Montagu's arguments, examining both biological and social scientific data of the late 20th century. One of the most broadly renowned and read scholars of our century, Montagu brings out this fifth edition with up-to-date statistics and references. A lengthy foreword by Susan Sperling contextualizes the book within the intellectual histories of feminism and anthropology, noting the huge social and intellectual changes that are spanned in Montagu's life and writing. Montagu's foundational book is an important addition to the library of all gender scholars. |
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... effects upon the children growing up in the second decade of our century . . . . The importance of selec- tion upon the character of a population is easily over- estimated . . . . The economic depression of our days shows clearly how ...
... effects upon the children growing up in the second decade of our century . . . . The importance of selec- tion upon the character of a population is easily over- estimated . . . . The economic depression of our days shows clearly how ...
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... effect after contact with the West.55 An important feminist rereading of structuralism , particularly Levi - Strauss's analyses of symbolic structures of human cognition , is reflected in the work of Sherry Ortner.56 Ortner's ...
... effect after contact with the West.55 An important feminist rereading of structuralism , particularly Levi - Strauss's analyses of symbolic structures of human cognition , is reflected in the work of Sherry Ortner.56 Ortner's ...
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... effects of socioeconomic and schooling combined with genetic factors passed through the alembic of a unique personality . While there is no known method of teasing out of this amalgam what is due to biological factors and what is due to ...
... effects of socioeconomic and schooling combined with genetic factors passed through the alembic of a unique personality . While there is no known method of teasing out of this amalgam what is due to biological factors and what is due to ...
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... effect that girls did as well as boys on the test , and that women's comparative lack of professional advancement was due to social causes not innate differences in intellectual ability . The tests were , in fact , constructed to ...
... effect that girls did as well as boys on the test , and that women's comparative lack of professional advancement was due to social causes not innate differences in intellectual ability . The tests were , in fact , constructed to ...
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... effects for the nation of the relatively greater number of children of " low - IQ women " and the " shifting ethnic makeup " resulting from immigration of presumably low IQ , high fertility populations will " lower the average American ...
... effects for the nation of the relatively greater number of children of " low - IQ women " and the " shifting ethnic makeup " resulting from immigration of presumably low IQ , high fertility populations will " lower the average American ...
المحتوى
Prologue | 45 |
The Natural Superiority of Women | 49 |
The Subjection of Women | 65 |
The Social Determinants of Biological Facts and Social Consequences | 91 |
Who Said The Inferior Sex? | 111 |
When X Doesnt Equal Y | 127 |
The Sexual Superiority of the Female | 141 |
Are Women More Emotional Than Men? | 151 |
Women and Creativity | 203 |
The Genius of Woman as the Genius of Humanity | 229 |
Mutual Aid | 241 |
Changing Traditions | 257 |
Womans Task | 279 |
United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women | 291 |
On the Origins of My Views on the Natural Superiority of Women | 297 |
Notes | 303 |
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الصفحة 19 - The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shewn by man's attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can woman- whether requiring deep thought, reason, or imagination, or merely the use of the senses and hands.