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to the biological as opposed to the spiritualexplanations as to the development of the human species was triumphant,(Dickens, 2000). Ranged against the creationist arguments as humanity as beingof the divine spark and created by God humanity instead in light of the Theoryof Evolution was simply seen as being as the result of the development andoperation of the blind laws of nature like everything else in the world aroundthem, (Jones, 1980).
 
Of course as wehave suggested above Darwin is perhaps better seen as the culmination of aprocess building upon a number of theories which were contemporaneous with hisideas and which preceded his work. It is worth examining a couple of these asnot only do they illuminate the specific contextual basis of Darwin's theoriesbut also to the societal influences which both shaped and were shaped by thesetheories and Darwin's work. The first one we consider here is the work ofMalthus. Malthus's simple proposition was that nature and human existence was characterisedby a constant struggle for food as the population increased, (Malthus, 1926). Howeverunlike Darwin's later work which would postulate that the result of suchpressures and competition would be the evolutionary development of the speciesin a positive sense Malthus saw only negative consequences to the developmentsof modern society.
 
In particular andconsidering the later analysis we will make of Social Darwinist thought Malthuscriticised particular social structures as contributing to the ills whichmodern society's faced as a result of the operations of the laws hehypothesised, (Malthus, 1970). Thus in Malthus's case the behaviour of the Poorand the consequences of the Poor Law in the UK caused the Poor to reproducemore putting pressure of food supplies and thus ultimately contributing to thedecline in the standards of living enjoyed by all those in society, (Malthus,1970). As such Malthus advocated a return to the harsh realities of lifeengendered by nature in the sense that those who were unable to provide foodfor themselves would be removed by natural causes. This theme of the naturalorder of things we find repeated in the work of the seminal Social DarwinistHerbert Spencer and other Darwinian inspired accounts on the relationshipbetween the sexes.
 
Social Influences and Contexts of Darwinian Thought
 
All of this ofcourse leads to an understanding of the elements involved in Social Darwinistaccounts of the relationship between the sexes as from our discussion above itis readily apparent that wider social trends had a considerable influence onthe formulation of Darwin's theories. Thus it can be assumed and will bedemonstrated in the ensuing discussion here that the wider role of women insociety at the time determined to a large extent the perceptions and theorisingconcerning women as it was outlined within Darwinian thought, (Sanderson, 1990).Similarly as we shall also discuss changing externalities related to the roleof women since the original expositions of Darwin's ideas is also reflected inchanging and shifting conceptions within Social Darwinian views concerning therelationship between the sexes, (Wright, 1996) .
 
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