The subordinate sex : a history of attitudes toward women

V. Bullough, B. Bullough

History of attitudes toward women. Sources range from ancient law codes to a study of women in Soviet fiction. Early Jewish and Christian views of women, the Greek idealization of homosexual love [p. 70], the development of the of the concept of romance, the teachings of the prophet Muhammad on sexual needs, the hindu idea of female eroticism, and the principles behind the suffrage movemant are among the topics discussed.