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10 Cards in this Set
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From a traditional view(Plato),which has more value the soul or body and why?
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The soul because it ascends us into the Real World( World of Ideas)
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What are 6 things associated with the soul?
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-Knowledge
-Reality -Beauty -Goodness -Love -Immortality |
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What are some negative things associated with the body?
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-It is irrational
-An enormous obstacle in gaining knowledge -A tomb, grave, prison, or rock that holds down the soul. |
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From a tradtional view,what groups are women associated with and why?
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-Slaves, Laborers, Children, and Animals
-They don't have real knowledge or the power to reason -They are associated with the body |
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From a traditional view, why are men considered better than women?
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Because the soul has more value than the body. Throughout history men have done the "important" mental things while women have only been associated with their "bodily functions".
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What are the two assumptions that have led to the degradation of women?
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-Distinguishing the soul and body as two different things
-That the physical part of our existence is to be devauled in comparison with the soul |
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What will lead to a women's liberation?(Common Feminist Belief)
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-"Ascending" into a man's world.
-Leaving the world of immancence(body,passion,desire) and joining men into the realm of transcendence(soul,spirit,reason). |
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What does Adrienne Rich believe will lead to women's liberation?
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-Not accepting the patriarchal version of female biology(women are mainly a reproductive machine)
-Finding a unity between a women's physicality and intelligence. -Asserting equality between the physical differences between men and women -Getting rid of the mind-body distinction |
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In what ways has the mind-body distinction affected women?
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Socially and Politically
(Women have had to deal with: Derogation,oppression, racism, sexism). |
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What has made Adrienne Rich different from other Feminists?
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-She has challenged the received tradition about insignificance and indignity of bodily life and bodily tasks(ie childbirth).
-She has had an eagerness to assign women a new place in society that is not associated with subordinate groups or being inferior to men. |
