Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 29
... ovum . That the ovum transmits instinct , habits , intuition and laws of conduct . And that the sperm is the means by which the newer variations of nature are implanted in the conservative ovum . We are nature , we are told ( That the ...
... ovum . That the ovum transmits instinct , habits , intuition and laws of conduct . And that the sperm is the means by which the newer variations of nature are implanted in the conservative ovum . We are nature , we are told ( That the ...
Page 41
... Heads in hieroglyphic bonnets ( That the behavior of the ovum and the sperm are models for the behavior of man and woman in love , it is decided . ) pens baby = subst . Häupter in Turban und schwarzem Barett , Heads in turbans MATTER 41.
... Heads in hieroglyphic bonnets ( That the behavior of the ovum and the sperm are models for the behavior of man and woman in love , it is decided . ) pens baby = subst . Häupter in Turban und schwarzem Barett , Heads in turbans MATTER 41.
Page 239
... ovum is passive : I owe this language to Carolyn Iltis , who cited Edmund Cope , " The Two Perils of the Indo European : What Evolution Teaches . " That in sperm . semen est : see Gardner , Our Children , as cited in SE , p . 341 ...
... ovum is passive : I owe this language to Carolyn Iltis , who cited Edmund Cope , " The Two Perils of the Indo European : What Evolution Teaches . " That in sperm . semen est : see Gardner , Our Children , as cited in SE , p . 341 ...
Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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