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“Intellectual Women”
“Intellectual Women” Ugh. What a subject! I guess I’m one, but it doesn’t sound like a fun topic. In college, I had hesitated before deciding to major in philosophy. Would it look mannish? Would eligible bachelors be put off? When … Continue reading
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Tagged abrasive women, animal courtship, Being and Nothingness, books that change lives, Brooklyn College, co-education, coming out of the closet, discipline, dumbing down, eligible bachelors, equality of achievement, existentialism, female professor, Feminism, Flirting, freedom, gender performance, gender roles, gender-based laws, Hegel, ideology, intellectual power, Jean-Paul Sartre, male and female colleagues, male dominance, male rivalry, National Geographic, nineteenth-century philosophy, pecking order, revolutions in history, Simone de Beauvoir, sociobiology, the mating game, The Second Sex, women in philosophy
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“Blue Jeans”
“Blue Jeans” I may be wrong, but it’s my sincere belief that I was the first woman north of Greenwich Village to put on blue jeans for daily wear in Manhattan. At least, when I began the practice, it was … Continue reading
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