Gender and Sexuality in Stoic Philosophy

includes index and biblioraphy

Mapping the Terrain : Gender in stoic Sources and Scholarship............3 Some qualifications .............5 The structure and main arguments ...........8 1. The body: Gender from Generation to Decoration The origin of Gender: Myths and Biology......17 Plato`s Philosophical myths of Gender and Sexuality .....17 When hot meets cold and Form Meets ..........29 Galen On Gender: Scientific, Medical, and Philosophical Perspectives.......45 3. Semen, Zeus, and the birth of Cosmos: Gender in Stoic cosmogony and conmology .........59 4. The metaphysical insignificance of Gender ....75 Perfumed men and Bearded Philosophers - The stoics on Signs of Gender .........101 Fiery and Cold Nature- Stoic Physiognomics of Gender ........123 2. Character: Education of Gender and Therapy of Sexuality Gender, Character, and Education from Classic to Hellenistic Thought.....137 The stoics on equal Educability of Girls and Boys, and the Origin of Gendered characteristics .........159 To become properly manly-Gender, Happiness, and the Figure of the Sage...........181 How to Take Certain Spasms Calmly-Sexuality in Stoic Philosophical Therapy.......199 3. Community: Marriage, Family, and Human bonding Gender, Politics, and Economics: From Plato`s Utopianism to Cynic Radicalism .....219 Holding women in Common- Gender in Early stoic Utopias........235 Is it Possible to marry and be Happy...........253 Gender and Stoic Cosmopolitanism .........277