Feminine Genius

A Philosophical Project

Abstract

A feminist philosophical project begins with a critical awareness that the philosophical tradition is characterised by the absence of women and dominance of men; feminists also come to the conclusion that the absence of women and dominance of men is the result of negation of body and gender. This erasure of body and gender from philosophical investigations resulted in the erasure of women from philosophical tradition. Leading philosophers were prejudiced against women and their capacity for philosophical investigations and did not admit them to their philosophical schools. As a result, prior to twentieth century, the history of philosophy does not have any significant women philosophers and the life and experience of women are missing in the philosophical tradition.