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What it means to be human reflections from the 1791 to the present

In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Earnest Englishwoman', published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals ' She protested that women were not treated as fully human; their status was worse than that of animals.

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  • "In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Earnest Englishwoman', published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals ' She protested that women were not treated as fully human; their status was worse than that of animals."@en
  • "In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Ernest Englishwoman' published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?', in which she protested the fact that women were not treated as fully human. In reality, their status was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. What does it mean to be 'human' rather than 'animal'? If the Ernest Englishwoman had turned her gaze to the previous century, her critique could equally have applied to slaves. In her time and beyond, the debate around human status involved questions of language, facial physiology, and vegetarianism. If she had been capable of looking 100 years into the future, she might have wondered about chimeras, created by transplanting animal fluids and organs into human bodies, or the ethics of stem cell research. In this meticulously researched, wide-ranging and illuminating book, Joanna Bourke explores the legacy of more than two centuries, and looks forward to what the future might hold for humans and animals."@en
  • "The author of Rape: Sex, Violence, History discusses the distinction between being a "human" and being an "animal" over the past two hundred years and describes how modern rights and ethics are blurring the lines between the two."
  • "Summary: In 1872, a woman known only as "An Earnest Englishwoman" published a letter titled "Are Women Animals?" in which she protested against the fact that women were not treated as fully human. In fact, their status was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses, and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. The Earnest Englishwoman's heartfelt cry was for women to "become-animal" in order to gain the status that they were denied on the grounds that they were not part of "mankind.". In this fascinating account, Joanna Bourke add."

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  • "What it means to be human reflections from the 1791 to the present"@en
  • "What it means to be human reflections from 1791 to the present"
  • "What It Means to Be Human Reflections from 1791 to the Present"
  • "What it means to be human : reflections from the 1791 to the present"
  • "What it means to be human : reflections from 1791 to the present"
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  • "What it means to be human historical reflections from the 1791 to the present"
  • "What it means to be human historical reflections from 1791 to the present"@en

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