The Subjection of Women
John Stuart Mill · English
In The Subjection of Women (1869), John Stuart Mill argues that the legal subordination of women to men is wrong in itself and a chief obstacle to…
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In The Subjection of Women (1869), John Stuart Mill argues that the legal subordination of women to men is wrong in itself and a chief obstacle to human improvement, and that it should give way to perfect equality between the sexes. Over four chapters he examines the force of custom behind men's power, the legal position of wives in marriage, the claim that women are naturally unfit for public life and the professions, and the benefits equality would bring to society and to individuals. Mill credited his late wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, and his stepdaughter Helen Taylor with many of its ideas.
The Subjection of Women
John Stuart Mill · English
In The Subjection of Women (1869), John Stuart Mill argues that the legal subordination of women to men is wrong in itself and a chief obstacle to…
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The object of this Essay is to explain as clearly as I am able, the grounds of an opinion which I have held from the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social or political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified, has been constantly growing stronger by the progress of reflection and the experience of life: That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes--the legal subordination of one sex to the other--is wrong i
Pagera Editor's Note
In The Subjection of Women (1869), John Stuart Mill argues that the legal subordination of women to men is wrong in itself and a chief obstacle to human improvement, and that it should give way to perfect equality between the sexes. Over four chapters he examines the force of custom behind men's power, the legal position of wives in marriage, the claim that women are naturally unfit for public life and the professions, and the benefits equality would bring to society and to individuals. Mill credited his late wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, and his stepdaughter Helen Taylor with many of its ideas.
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