Re: Patriarchy: Re: What
Richard F. Hall (richhall@seanet.com)
Sat, 31 Aug 1996 05:29:52 MST
In article <32251154.9EC@megafauna.com> Stephen Barnard <steve@megafauna.com> writes:
>From: Stephen Barnard <steve@megafauna.com>
>Subject: Re: Patriarchy: Re: What
>Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 19:41:08 -0800
>Robert Snower wrote:
>>
>> ahimoe@prairienet.org (Albert Himoe) wrote:
>>
>> >To: rs222@worldnet.att.net (Robert Snower)
>> >Subject: Re: Patriarchy: Re: What
>>
>> >> The mission of culture has always been seen as the defeat of biology.
>> >> Durkheim... Weber... Freud saw the
>> >> biological force he called the libido
>>
>> >This is historically what was seen. Do you believe they were correct,
>> >or did they have an inadequate understanding of biology?
>>
>> In what way do you think their understanding of biology was
>> inadequate?
>>
>Just for one minor thing, they has no notion of DNA and, in general, the
>basic mechanisms of genetics. Biology has come a long, long way since
>these guys.
> Steve Barnard
Darwin believed, as did most people of his time and before (till the beginning
of written history), that the woman was merely a pod within which grew the
seed planted by the man. This gave no credence to the genetic contribution of
the woman. Believe it or not!
richard f hall
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