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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الصفحة 16
... evidence " of the eyes , so relied upon in typological approaches to race and sex , has been forced to give way , at least in important part , to a biology constructed from dynamic fields of difference , where cuts into the field come ...
... evidence " of the eyes , so relied upon in typological approaches to race and sex , has been forced to give way , at least in important part , to a biology constructed from dynamic fields of difference , where cuts into the field come ...
الصفحة 17
... evidence on variation in population genetics . This is not to imply that typological racialism ( or sexism ) in science is now dead . On the contrary , the last decade has seen a resurgence of racial and gender typologies , often ...
... evidence on variation in population genetics . This is not to imply that typological racialism ( or sexism ) in science is now dead . On the contrary , the last decade has seen a resurgence of racial and gender typologies , often ...
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... evidence of the social centrality of females in early hominid evolution.33 The savanna baboon model was compatible with , and tended to bolster , a Hobbesian view of human society , while the chim- panzee model originally tended to ...
... evidence of the social centrality of females in early hominid evolution.33 The savanna baboon model was compatible with , and tended to bolster , a Hobbesian view of human society , while the chim- panzee model originally tended to ...
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... evidence for a historically and socially contextualized science ( vs. " timeless " scientific authority ) , and a generation of predomi- nantly white , middle - class and college - educated women began to limn the links between politics ...
... evidence for a historically and socially contextualized science ( vs. " timeless " scientific authority ) , and a generation of predomi- nantly white , middle - class and college - educated women began to limn the links between politics ...
الصفحة 25
... evidence to rework Engels ' theory linking the rise of private property to woman's subordination.49 She argued for precolonial , pre - state egalitarian societies , as does Montagu in The Natural Superiority of Women . In doing so ...
... evidence to rework Engels ' theory linking the rise of private property to woman's subordination.49 She argued for precolonial , pre - state egalitarian societies , as does Montagu in The Natural Superiority of Women . In doing so ...
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.