Traits of the Female Character
Anon
Genre: | Extract, Essay |
Publications extracted: | London Magazine |
Subjects: | Gender, Human Species, Ancient Authorities |
Unlike the moderns, the ancients 'seem to have considered women as an inferior species of beings to men, which is a doctrine as illiberal as it is unphilosophical' (314). | |
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