how would the
adoption of a feminist perspective transform your understanding of the history of
philosophy, theory of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics, political theory and practice, religion?
If women had not been excluded from social and intellectual life throughout history, how
would our culture be different today? Imagine that you had been born a member of the opposite sex. What are some possible
advantages this act might give you as a knower, as a member of society, or in other ways?
What disadvantages would you face that you currently do not have? To what degree are
these advantages or disadvantages the result of how society has been structured in the
past? To what degree are they the result of natural differences between males and females?
Still imagining that you are a member of the opposite sex, what changes would you want to
make in society