Abuse & Marginalization Of Women
| by Ruwantissa Abeyratne
“Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.”
- Bertrand Russell, The Impact of Science on Society
( July 3, 2014, Montreal , Sri Lanka Guardian) It has been said that Aristotle, one of the greatest thinkers of all time, was convinced that women were inferior to men. He based this erroneous theory on the even more fallacious view that it was the man’s semen which formed the foetus while the woman’s role in procreation was that of a mere inanimate receptacle.
