![]() ![]() Women all along the male-defined political spectrum give special credence to this view of a female biological nature that is morally good.β Any political group can appropriate the special moral sensibility of women to its own ends: most groups do, usually in place of offering substantive relief to women with respect to sexism in the group itself. Motherhood is especially invoked as biological proof that women have a special relationship to life, a special sensitivity to its meaning, a special, intuitive knowledge of what is right. Organizers use this appeal to women all the time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Being good or moral is viewed as a particular biological capacity of women and as a result women are the natural guardians of morality: a moral vanguard as it were. Women are seen to have an inborn commitment to both clean air and peace, a moral nature that abhors pollution and murder. This is a frequent feature of contemporary environmentalist or antimilitarist movements. βIn the secular world, women are also credited with having a sense of good that is intrinsically female, a sense of good that men do not have. Agatha Christie Born place: in Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom Born date SeptemSee more on GoodReads Popular quotes ![]()
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