In Science's Shadow: Literary Constructions of Late Victorian WomenUniversity of Missouri Press, 2006 - 239 pages "Through close analysis of noncanonical Victorian-era literature by Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Constance Naden, and Marianne North, Murphy reveals how women were often marginalized, constricted, and defined as intellectually inferior as a result of the interplay of sociohistorical trends driven by scientific curiosity and the 'Woman Question'"--Provided by publisher. |
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... mental traits , he argued , as did numerous other Victorian scientists.17 Anthropologist J. McGrigor Allan also weighed in on the issue . In his 1869 essay , the frequently vitriolic Allan exclaimed stridently that “ there must be ...
... mental traits , he argued , as did numerous other Victorian scientists.17 Anthropologist J. McGrigor Allan also weighed in on the issue . In his 1869 essay , the frequently vitriolic Allan exclaimed stridently that “ there must be ...
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... mental characteristics of the other , is unnatural and repulsive to all well - constituted minds of men and women , ” he said . “ A woman with a masculine mind , is as anomalous a creature , as a woman with a man's breasts , a man's ...
... mental characteristics of the other , is unnatural and repulsive to all well - constituted minds of men and women , ” he said . “ A woman with a masculine mind , is as anomalous a creature , as a woman with a man's breasts , a man's ...
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... mental ability . Writing a year before Mill's 1869 Subjection of Women , Becker argued that “ women have been pent in a small corner . Their sup- posed mental inferiority stemmed from “ the influence of the different circumstances under ...
... mental ability . Writing a year before Mill's 1869 Subjection of Women , Becker argued that “ women have been pent in a small corner . Their sup- posed mental inferiority stemmed from “ the influence of the different circumstances under ...
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... mental inferiority : [ O ] ne may fairly retain the suspicion that this alleged difference is not a fact , and that the greater average eminence ( in the past ) of men than of women in intellectual pursuits is entirely due . . . to the ...
... mental inferiority : [ O ] ne may fairly retain the suspicion that this alleged difference is not a fact , and that the greater average eminence ( in the past ) of men than of women in intellectual pursuits is entirely due . . . to the ...
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... mental action . ” More commonly , though , scientists ignored environmental in- fluences . As reactionary physician Henry Maudsley asserted , “ the quali- ties of [ women's ] minds ” are not “ the artificial results of the position of ...
... mental action . ” More commonly , though , scientists ignored environmental in- fluences . As reactionary physician Henry Maudsley asserted , “ the quali- ties of [ women's ] minds ” are not “ the artificial results of the position of ...
Contents
| 1 | |
| 41 | |
3 A Problematic Boundary | 72 |
4 Dangerous Behavior | 106 |
5 Escaping Gender | 140 |
6 Evolutionary Mediation | 176 |
Afterword | 215 |
Bibliography | 221 |
Index | 235 |
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