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Tag Archives: Elizabeth Gould Davis’ The First Sex

“A Woman’s Standing”

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Abigail

“A Woman’s Standing” Up to adolescence, the question of standing as a woman did not arise. You had the friends who wanted to play with you. You could be rated as an athlete or a student or (at the high … Continue reading →

Posted in academe, culture, erotic life, femininity, feminism, gender balance, history of ideas, literature, philosophy, political, psychology, relationships, sexuality, social conventions, the examined life, the problematic of woman | Tagged couples, Elizabeth Gould Davis' The First Sex, Euripides' Bacchae, false consciousness, Famous feminists, feminist movement, gender roles, hypocrisy, J. J. Bachofen's Mother Right, James Fraser's The Golden Bough, marital status, Mr. Right, Phyllis Chesler's An American Bride in Kabul and Woman's Inhumanity to Woman, Robert Briffault's The Mothers, Robert Graves' The White Goddess, Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, unisex, universal truth, wives, women's college, yin and yang | Leave a comment
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