In the Man of Reason, Geneva Lloyd writes to explain the association of maleness and reason in history, and how it is a concept that subjected women as being inferior to men in respect of rationality. She based her essay on Descartes work that established the idea that reason is a method that requires systematic training, which proves that it is a notion that is universally applicable regardless of standing, but instead has become genderized over the years. Moreover, since reason was now accepted as a ordered practice which required discipline and training, and since women were not allowed the luxury to access to this training, the character ideal of the "Man of Reason" came to be exclusive. Lloyd reveals the male-biased that the teachings
