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<p><P><i>The Subordinated Sex</i> traces the enduring, powerful legacy of male attitudes toward women, their sexuality, and their roles as wives and mothers. Traditionally the creators and chroniclers of opinion, men have until recently written a history that reflects only their own convictions and impressions&#151;a history rarely punctuated by a female voice and founded on an almost universal belief in women's inferiority.<P>Acclaimed as a pioneering study when first published in 1973, Vern Bullough's work has since established itself as a standard in historical literature on women. Updated and revised with Sarah Slavin and Brenda Shelton, <i>The Subordinated Sex</i> is a vast survey ranging from prehistoric to contemporary times, examining a diversity of cultures, and taking into account writings from a great variety of sources. From a consideration of Babylonian legal codes to Victorian prescriptive medical pamphlets, medieval clerical treatises to Islamic erotic poetry, Bullough and his coauthors recount not only how men have portrayed women but also how they have justified their subordination of the opposite sex.<P>In recent years, women have successfully challenged males' se

Author

Brenda Shelton; Sarah Slavin; Brenda K. Shelton

Publisher

Athens [GA]: University of Georgia Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820323695

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Social_sciences