Viewing women as inferior to men was not uncommon at the time, but Schopenhauer was particularly harsh toward women. He said, for example, “Throughout their lives, women re- main children, always see only what is nearest to them, cling to the present, take the appearance of things for reality, and prefer trivialities to the most important affairs” (Janaway, 1994, p. 52). Those “trivialities” include love, dress, cosmetics, dancing, and winning a man. Schopenhaeur did concede that women have more “loving kindness” and practicality than men, but he consistently said that women’s reasoning powers and character were inferior to those of men