The Subjection of Women
In 'The Subjection of Women', John Stuart Mill argues that the legal and social subordination of women is unjust in itself and a serious obstacle to human progress. Examining marriage,…
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In 'The Subjection of Women', John Stuart Mill argues that the legal and social subordination of women is unjust in itself and a serious obstacle to human progress. Examining marriage,…
View BookJohn Stuart Mill's On Liberty defends freedom of thought, discussion and self-directed living against both government coercion and social conformity. Its five chapters formulate the harm principle, explain why dissent…
View BookMary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman argues that women's apparent weakness is produced by restricted education and enforced dependence rather than natural intellectual inferiority. She calls for…
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