The Anatomy Of Women In The 18th Century

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In this article, the author explained very well the relation of the anatomy of the female skeleton and how it’s was viewed in the 18th century. It is difficult for me to believe that there were used to be people who were convinced that women have limited physical creation and that’s why they weren’t considered as full human being as men. In the eighteen and nineteens centuries, people used science as an excuse to create what rights that women can have, also to justify their injustice toward women. The was a time when women’s life used to depend on a scientific research. women’s social issues were only shaped and determined by the approval of the natural law. The reason why it was hard for women to employ and apply the nature law for their

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