Darwinian science was mobilized to justify female subordination

Evidence

The use of science as an ideology to keep women in their place was not confined to ancient and early modern times. In the nineteenth century, Darwinian theory was found to hold social implications for women. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 653

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Scientific authority has repeatedly been deployed to justify female intellectual inferiority — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 653; Capitalism’s displacement of women from production turned them into science’s audience — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 1013