ABSTRACT
The social fictions in our context are the cluster of assumptions that protect us fro m stumblin g agains t concret e condition s whic h traduc e th e familiar , which migh t threate n th e foundation s o f ou r universe . Suc h inferenc e is , moreover, deep-roote d i n thos e area s o f huma n experienc e tha t ar e highl y charged wit h emotion , tha t intersec t persona l value s an d privat e lives . Th e position o f wome n i s suc h an area.
