Maureen Dowd’s role-models of the moment for the political woman: A god-queen seductress and a horse. One of those aspirations is entirely impossible for today’s woman to achieve. Even if the physical difficulties of changing a woman’s species could be overcome, metaphysically it would be an undesireable option. As Spinoza tells us (Ethica bk.IV.preface), [A] horse would be as completely [...]
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