This is the root of the word
Throughout history western culture has operated under the idea that women were inferior creatures and lesser beings. Women have been called “a foe to friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil, and the gateway to the Devil.” Feminism has been around for hundreds years because of the way women have been treated and from that, came the feminist approach.
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New discoveries influence contemporary psychological perspectives because they provide new ways to look at things, or give new technology for new ways to diagnose problems and try to solve them.
