Why Did the General Rejection of the Enlightenment Ideals in the Linguistic

question 14

Multiple Choice

Why did the general rejection of the Enlightenment ideals in the linguistic turn help spur feminist theory?

• A) This involved a rejection of the positivism and other patriarchal components of the era
• B) Women are more communicative than men. This gave them a voice
• C) Because the Enlightenment was a voice for the subaltern.
• D) Because women are anti-science, and the Enlightenment embraced science.

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