Virginia Held | On Feminist Ethics
Held lays out the consequences of centuries of creating ethical theory purely from a male point of view. The most important is that a feminist ethics cannot simply add to a structure built of concepts that are themselves based on a patriarchal view of the masculine and feminine but rather must transform ethics completely. She focuses on three main issues: (i) that of equating reason with males and emotion with females; (ii) associating the public arena with men and the private, household arena with women; and (iii) creating a caricature of the moral self that is exclusive to males.
-Which of the following was NOT associated with femaleness, according to ancient Greek philosophers?

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In ancient Greek philosophy, "human" was not typically associated with femaleness; rather, women were often seen as less than fully human compared to men.

Virginia Held | on Feminist Ethics