HIS102Y1 Lecture : review

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4 Feb 2011
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Review: defeat and reaction: women were now seen as moral and virtuous, a dramatic change in perception, a repeal of revolutionary legislation, napoleonic code: citizenship was only for men and women were suppose to stay home. Overview of changing ideas about women: bodies: began to realize that women"s bodies are different from men. This happened through the book of anatomy written by fallipio who discovered ovaries in 1561: de lauress discovered that women ovaries fertile not because of orgasm but they only ovulate once a month. These ideas generated through like women were not lusty, they might be more moral than men but less sexy than men. Sensibility: about the thinking"-the science of nerves, ability to react emotionally, women were seen more nervous that resulted from sensibility. Women were also thought to be more emotional and empathic: e. g. Rousseau"s julie" in la nouvelle heloise: one of the first book written as a romantic novel.

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