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To: Neocon who wrote (15824)	3/20/2000 10:57:00 AM
From: lorrie coey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

[Emphasis Mine] perseus.tufts.edu 15.14. Aristotle on Slaves and Women "Aristotle was conventional for his times in regarding slavery as natural on the grounds that some people were by nature bound to be slaves because their souls lacked the rational part that should rule in a human being. Individuals propounding the contrary view were rare, although one fourth century B.C. orator, Alcidamas, asserted that God has set all men free; nature has made no one a slave. Also in tune with his times was Aristotle's conclusion that women were by nature inferior to men. His view of the inferiority of women was based on faulty notions of biology. He wrongly believed, for example, that in procreation the male with his semen actively gave the fetus its form, while the female had only the passive role of providing its matter.[!!!?, wait...it gets better!] His assertion that females were less courageous than males was justified by dubious evidence about animals, such as the report that a male squid would stand by as if to help when its mate was speared but that a female squid would swim away when the male was impaled. Although his erroneous biology led Aristotle to evaluate females as incomplete males, he believed that human communities could be successful and happy only if they included the contributions of both women and men. Aristotle argued that marriage was meant to provide mutual help and comfort but that the husband should rule." Aristotle is Irrelevant! The Goddess of Free Swimmers and Rationale~