The Sexes in Science and History: An inquiry into the dogma of woman's inferiority to manGamble, Eliza Burt
Philosophy
The Sexes in Science and History: An inquiry into the dogma of woman's inferiority to man
Gamble, Eliza Burt
Sex; Women -- History; Women -- Social conditions
Hetairai, a term of reproach, 329;
their renown, 330;
origin of the word, 338;
honoured citizens, 341;
judged by masculine standards, 344
Hindu law, 352
I
Infanticide, McLennan’s theory of, 217;
not practised by early races, 220;
Sir J. Lubbock’s theory of, 226-227
Insects, nutrition determines sex, 40;
males appear first, 42
Iroquois Indians, 137
J
Justinian Code, 357, 359
L
Lamia, 326
Lance, symbol of property, 181, 312
Leontium, 334
Life, origin of, 4;
earliest forms hermaphrodite, 11, 15
Lydian women, 340
Lysicles, 336
M
Magna Charta, 369
Man, shorter-lived than woman, 45, 53;
imperfections in the organization of, 55-59;
superior to woman, Darwin’s theory, 75;
assumes the duties of maternity, 147;
superior to woman according to edict of Apollo, 199
Marriage, origin of, 161;
in India, 163;
_Racshasa_, 163;
in Arabia, 164, 179, 181, 182;
by _Confarreatio_ and _Usus_, 164, 351;
among the Israelites, 165;
in Afghanistan, 165;
in Greenland, 170;
in Nubia, 171;
in Sparta, 173;
_sadica_, 179;
_beena_, 180;
_motă_, 181;
_ba’al_, 181, 188, 193;
laws of Mohammed, 183, 188;
in Japan, 185;
in Rome, 189;
of the future, 399;
rise of the present system of, 197;
ceremonies among the Spartans, 310
Matter, conservation of, 6
Mother-in-law, the, her aversion to sons-in-law, 174, 236
N
Names, adoption of, 144
Nemeas, 341
O
Ontogeny, 7
Oracles of the Greeks controlled by women, 309
Organization of society, 123
P
Pangenesis, 29
Parthenogenesis, 38, 40
Paternal affection, absence of, among lower orders, 69, 71;
not a primary character, 71;
absence of, among lower races, 149;
absence of, among the Romans, 189, 191
Pericles, 335
Perpetual tutelage of women, 350
Political society, establishment of, 249, 260-261
Polyandry, not practised among lower orders, 107
Polygamy, rise of, 106, 189
Poverty of the masses in Greece, 266
Primitive races, promiscuity among, 107, 115, 211;
chastity of, 108, 110, 112, 116, 306, 307;
morality of, 112, 115, 118;
humanity of, 145
Property, control of, 140, 221;
inheritance of, 141;
in early Greece, 250
Protection of women in early groups, 112, 117, 146, 178, 186
Q
Quadrupeds, constancy of the female among, 24-25, 106-107;
unions of, not left to chance, 25
R
Religion of Mohammed, 183
Religious idea, 150, 211
Reversion, 48, 52
Rights of Roman fathers, 191, 313
Roman family, the, 312, 349, 352
Roman lawyers, 352-353
Roman society, its constitution, 243
Roman women, 178, 189, 314
Rotifera, 38
S
Sabine women, capture of, 312
St. Paul, 361
Selection, natural, 7
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