Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society

Name: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
Brand: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
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Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
ISBN: 9780802829962

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 2005 / Paperback

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One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whether or not what she wanted to do was ordinarily understood to be "feminine." Sayers did not devote a great deal of time to talking or writing about feminism, but she did explicitly address the issue of women's role in society in the two classic essays collected here.

Central to Sayers' reflections is the conviction that both men and women are first of all human beings and must be regarded as essentially much more alike than different. We are to be true not so much to our sex as to our humanity. The proper role of both women and men, in her view, is to find the work for which they are suited and to do it.

Though written several decades ago, these essays still offer in Sayers' piquant style a sensible and conciliatory approach to ongoing gender issues.

In these influential essays, Sayers discusses the dangers of classifying women, the myth of "women's work," and the church's tendency to perpetuate role distinctions. "Sayers makes theology a joy to read,"---Living Church

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Title: Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
By: Dorothy L. Sayers
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 69
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 2005

Dimensions: 7.0 X 5.0 (inches)
Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 0802829961
ISBN-13: 9780802829962
Stock No: WW29966

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Introduction by Mary McDermott Shideler

One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whether or not what she wanted to do was ordinarily understood to be "feminine." Sayers did not devote a great deal of time to talking or writing about feminism, but she did explicitly address the issue of women's role in society in the two classic essays collected here.

Central to Sayers's reflections is the conviction that both men and women are first of all human beings and must be regarded as essentially much more alike than different. We are to be true not so much to our sex as to our humanity. The proper role of both men and women, in her view, is to find the work for which they are suited and to do it.

Though written several decades ago, these essays still offer in Sayers's piquant style a sensible and conciliatory approach to ongoing gender issues.

Author Bio

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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957) was a lay theologian, Christian apologist, and friend of C.S. Lewis. Her numerous writings include detective stories centered on Lord Peter Wimsey, studies of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and radio plays such as The Man Born to Be King.