The View That Men And Women Are Not Equal Flashcards
Plato believed, along with the rest of his generation, that women were inferior to men, writing: “it’s only males who are created directly by the gods and are given ?”. However, he recommends that women shouldn’t be treated as the possessions of men.
Souls.
Aristotle argued that women are ? ? to men, and therefore it’s right that men should rule women and women should submit to men. By looking at the way women in his society behaved, he decided what was “?”. It’s naturally best that men should govern women, just as non-human animals are governed by humans.
Naturally inferior.
Natural.
According to Aristotle’s understanding of biology, reproduction happens because of the male ability to produce semen. He observed that women were unable to produce semen and from this concluded that women were equivalent to an infertile man, seen by Aristotle as “?”. For Aristotle, the male’s active in reproduction and the female’s ?
Defective.
Passive.
Aquinas argued that women are inferior to men in physical strength and intelligence, using the word “?” when comparing them to men. He thought that women were created by God to be inferior as part of the natural variety and order of the world; they’d always been that way, not just because of Eve. God made women to be ? to men and it was natural and right that men should have authority over women in everything.
Defective.
Subordinate.
As a Christian, Aquinas noted that there’s a special high place in heaven for women such as the ? ?, and the women who waited at the foot of the cross when Jesus was crucified, and he commended them for their love of God.
Virgin Mary.
