Family matters: Aristotle's appreciation of women and the plural structure of society.

From: American Political Science Review | Date: March 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Aristotle's views on the participation of women in civic affairs are based on sex complementarity and the pluralistic setup of the society. Sex complementarity affirms the equality of males and female human beings despite their differences in virtues and temperament. Men's participation in politics would reap better results as compared to women. However, political involvement does not mean superiority of one over the other.

Courtesy is probably not the first criterion that comes to mind when one ponders the current scholarly debate over Aristotle's view of women. But a similar controversy, ...

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