The Fetus as an Icon of Nature

Rosemary Ruether asserts in the discourse of reproduction, “Sexism and God-Talk,” that woman’s body is reduced to an “instrument of his [man’s] virility,” and woman as an icon of nature has been relentlessly exploited. Her womb is made to be subjugated to male interests. Here Western man mistreats N...

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