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Weiniger was strongly opposed to anything Jewish and feminine. He claimed higher values and thought are unattainable for women. The more feminine a woman, the more she merely embodies vapid horniness. Only through a man, a woman is brought to life by second hand. Both Jews and women, he believed, are solely sexuality, body and matter, lacking a soul, morality and sexual modesty. He claimed Jews needed to overcome this by becoming more masculine. | Weiniger was strongly opposed to anything Jewish and feminine. He claimed higher values and thought are unattainable for women. The more feminine a woman, the more she merely embodies vapid horniness. Only through a man, a woman is brought to life by second hand. Both Jews and women, he believed, are solely sexuality, body and matter, lacking a soul, morality and sexual modesty. He claimed Jews needed to overcome this by becoming more masculine. | ||
Weininger's conception of 'Jewishness' was more holistic than the cruder biological definition used by the Nazis, with Weininger ultimately claiming the Jews are amoral and lacking true free will, like his depiction of women. Thus Weininger conflated what he saw as the negative aspects of "The Jewish Spirit" with what he perceived as the negative aspects of femininity. Though he ultimately denied either true agency. | |||
He believed all barriers should be taken away from androgynous women to assert themselves in art and science, but that an all encompassing "women's movement" would drag too many women into it that have not much real capability or interest in male spaces. He argued the only women who truly value and were capable of being emancipated were masculine women, androgynous, perhaps lesbian types. Weininger was also critic of the laws that existed throughout Europe that criminalized [[homosexuality|homosexual]] acts, calling for the penalties to be reduced, or for the laws to be abolished altogether, mainly stemming from his complementary view of sexual attraction, and view of homosexuality as largely hereditary. | He believed all barriers should be taken away from androgynous women to assert themselves in art and science, but that an all encompassing "women's movement" would drag too many women into it that have not much real capability or interest in male spaces. He argued the only women who truly value and were capable of being emancipated were masculine women, androgynous, perhaps lesbian types. Weininger was also critic of the laws that existed throughout Europe that criminalized [[homosexuality|homosexual]] acts, calling for the penalties to be reduced, or for the laws to be abolished altogether, mainly stemming from his complementary view of sexual attraction, and view of homosexuality as largely hereditary. | ||
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He also believed in [[microchimerism|telegony]], though he claimed that it was very rare, and only found in cases where a woman finds her "absolute sexual complement" in a man. Another belief Weininger held in opposition to many contemporary scientists was the existence of [[physiognomy]], which Weininger hoped would be rehabilitated as a science. | He also believed in [[microchimerism|telegony]], though he claimed that it was very rare, and only found in cases where a woman finds her "absolute sexual complement" in a man. Another belief Weininger held in opposition to many contemporary scientists was the existence of [[physiognomy]], which Weininger hoped would be rehabilitated as a science. | ||
==Suicide== | ==Suicide== | ||