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Quote by Thomas Aquinas
As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegott

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power. – Thomas Aquinas

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