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- Publisher
- David Wesley & Co
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1871 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 70 –78
- DOI
- 10.1037/12253-009
- Publisher site
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Abstract
This chapter discusses women's rights issues. The author contends that the positivists repudiate the whole doctrine of human rights and substitute the conception of human duty. In considering the relations of woman to society, true to the scientific basis of Positivism, they refer at once to the biological laws which control the sexes. It is considered to be the office of the adult woman to bear and rear the child. This is her peculiar function as a woman. The continuance of the race is committed mainly to her charge. They further insist that the female should not be asked to bear and rear the child and to work also. Positivist issues on marriage are also explored. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Nov 8, 2010
Keywords: positivism; women's rights; human rights; human duty; society; marriage