Book Review. Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy
Konner’s Women After All begins with thequotation from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leading figure of the American suffragist, “Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.” This quotation was a part of her ad...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universitas Gadjah Mada
2016-11-01
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Series: | Humaniora |
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Online Access: | https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/view/16407 |
Summary: | Konner’s Women After All begins with thequotation from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leading figure of the American suffragist, “Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.” This quotation was a part of her address to the National Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington D.C., on January 19, 1869. However, the idea on equality between man and woman is just a starting point toward Konner’s thesis which is far beyond equality: women are not equal to men – they are superior to men. |
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ISSN: | 0852-0801 2302-9269 |