A metaphysical analysis of women and philosophy with specific reference to pythagoras, plato and Aristotle

Nyambedha Josephine Apiyo
Page No: 
1418-1421

This article concerns itself with the gender gap which it regards as unfortunate. Sex is natural and for purpose, but gender is by nurture. The exclusion of female from philosophy is wanting and one may wonder why gender bias is so profound in academic philosophy than in any other academic field. While by nature no one can exclude the other from academic philosophy. By nurture academic philosophy or the philosophy acquired through school education has been reduced to a male preserve. The ensuing gap is undesirable and needs to be addressed. One of the surest ways of addressing the abhorred gaps is through philosophy. Ordinarily, human personsare characterized by rationality. It is this rationality that distinguishes humans from brutes. Philosophy is human tool for analyzing and resolving problems. One of such problems is the gender gap that has become a real phenomenon.  And this disturbs. What is it in philosophy that has revealed a broad trend toward improvement in women’s representation and standing in academia? This article, therefore, argues for not only rationality approaching the gender gap but also and mainly empowering the unfairly excluded females to participate in this debate rationally. This is by opening academic doors wide to females. This article, therefore, is an eye opener to correct this anomaly.

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