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(2. 5 pp.) If we could invite Rousseau to a
feminist dinner party we might enjoy his company
rather than argue with him. Certainly Rouseau was
no feminist but his historical theories do not
necessarily see women as the cause of all the
world's problems, an alien species, or lower than
worm dung. He feels inequality occurs for another
reason, which will be discussed in this paper.
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He feels inequality occurs for another reason, which will be discussed in this paper. BBrousfe.doc THEORIES OF ROUSSEAU AND GENDER Written by B.
Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., March 2001 Introduction If we could invite Rousseau to a feminist dinner party we might enjoy his company rather than argue with him.
Certainly Rouseau was no feminist but his historical theories do not necessarily see women as the cause of all the worlds problems, an alien species or lower than worm dung.
He feels inequality occurs for another reason, which will be discussed in this paper. Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men Rousseau saw an advertisement for
an essay contest at the Academy of Dijon concerning the question, "What is the origin of inequality among men, and is it authorized by Natural Law?" Since he
had already written a successful essay for this school earlier, and won (Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts - 1749 - he claimed in corrupted human behavior); he thought
this would be an interesting undertaking. If inequality was to be considered an unnatural state for man, then it would be necessary to determine what man (and possibly for the
sake of this discussion, what the natural state o woman was as well) was like in his "natural state." It is Rousseaus contention that modern mans idea of "savage
man" (woman, in our discussion may also be included for the sake of argument) was in error. He/she was not in a constant state of warfare, but was rather
quite content to take his ease. Now in this bit of discourse it should be noted that Rousseaus contention was all that "savage man" need was food, a female
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