Some roots of prejudice against women:
Aristotle's idea that the male is by nature superior and the female inferior.
Biblical statement of the fall from Eden blamed on Eve.
St. Augustine and other religious leaders dictating that women are spiritually weak, sensual creatures that tempt men away from spiritual truths.
Darwin's theory that sees women as a past and lower state of civilization.
Early feminist voices:
Mary Wollstonecraft's A vindication of the Rights of Women (1972): women must stand for their rights and refuse to be labeled by men as inferior.
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