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The Metaphysics of Sex

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Young scholars compare and contrast the sex roles the portraits historically document to the meres of today. They make collages of marriage diptychs in terms of their own values, perceptions, and aspirations. They compare the portrait and Epes Sargent, here with a view to which of these two portraits, as representative of styles of being human, they find most appealing, seems expedient.

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9th - 12th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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