 | Dorothy E. Smith - 1987 - 260 pages
...as a distinction between women and men in intellectual matters, which is both obvious and unnoticed. A man's body gives credibility to his utterance, whereas a woman's body takes it away from hers.25 A study done by Philip Goldberg, which was concerned with finding out whether women were prejudiced... | |
 | Hanna Herzog - 1999 - 316 pages
...political roles with men combined with the small number of women in politics creates a situation in which "a man's body gives credibility to his utterance, whereas a woman's body takes it away from her" (Ellman, cited in Smith 1978:289). Following her defeat in the branch. Bar,Tal asked her supporters... | |
 | Catherine A. John - 2003 - 260 pages
..."this cultural logic is actually a 'bio-logic.' Social categories like 'woman' are based on body-type and are elaborated in relation to and in opposition...absence of certain organs determines social position" (ix-x). Under the subhead "Social Orders and Biology: Natural or Constructed?" Oyewumi describes the... | |
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A man's body gives credibility to his utterance whereas a woman's body takes it away from hers (Ellman, 1968). A study done by Philip Goldberg which was concerned with finding out whether women were prejudiced against women demonstrates this effect very... 