Abstract

In this paper the biological theories of the XIX century about the mental inferiority of the women are examined. The analysis is centered in evolutionism, phrenology and studies of the brain (with special attention to the proposal of Moebius). The author analyzes these theories showing that the ideology about the inferiority of women acts in the hypotheses that are sustained and in researchs that are carried out. The ideology acts in background assumptions and external values on women that are operating in scientific practice in these scientific areas. The conclusion is that these theories confirm the dominant gender stereotypes.

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  • In this paper the biological theories of the XIX century about the mental inferiority of the women are examined

  • Los trabajos llevados a cabo en este terreno coinciden en señalar que de una forma u otra la ciencia ha resultado permeada por los valores androcéntricos dominantes en la cultura occidental en cuyo seno se ha constituido^

  • Como señala Dorinda Outram «en todas distintos que asumen ambos sexos no solamente en lo que partes la biología entra a formar parte del discurso legiti- respecta a los papeles sexuales sino también en lo que resmador en contra de la mujeres aportando pruebas de su pecta a las capacidades intelectuales distintas que preseninadecuación en todos los órdenes para ocupar la esfera ta cada caso»^^

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In this paper the biological theories of the XIX century about the mental inferiority of the women are examined.

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