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The paper looks at "The Subjection of Women" where John Stuart Mill makes an argument for the emancipation of women. The paper asserts that by making this argument in 1869, Mill was very much ahead of his time - as is shown by the fact that most women are still not fully emancipated, 138 years later. The paper argues that the concept of freedom that animates Mill's critique of the status of women is as valid today as it was in 1869.

From the Paper
"In "The Subjection of Women", John Stuart Mill makes an argument for the emancipation of women. In making this argument in 1869, Mill was very much ahead of his time - as is shown by the fact that most women are still not fully emancipated, 138 years later. Moreover, the world is still full of men (and even some women) who would espouse many of the counter-arguments to the emancipation of women that Mill so eloquently dismisses in Chapter 1 of this treatise. This essay argues that the concept of freedom that animates Mill's critique of the status of women is as valid today as it was in 1869, and that acceptance of this concept of freedom should be used..."

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In this article, the writer studies Mill's 'The Subjection of Women' and discusses that John Stuart Mill argues the equality and freedom of opportunity for women. He sets forth what has often been viewed as a progressive theory supporting equality for women in society. Secondly, the writer maintains that Mill compares the position of women in society and particularly their position in the marital relationship in the nineteenth century to that of slaves subject to the will of their masters. The writer notes that Mill states that marriage is the legal equivalent of slavery and that the legal subordination of women is not something new. Since comparison and experience of other social arrangements proved it best for mankind, the mere physical fact of men's superior strength was authorized by society. The writer maintains that Mill's belief is that woman equality has always been difficult, because a universal usage tolerates the subjection of women. Mill also argues that customs are seen as natural and that everything that is usual is seen as natural.

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"About the capabilities of each sex, states Mill, nobody can know. Mill argues that one must study the influence of circumstances on her character before analysing what a woman's character is and that the peculiarities of women cannot be explained from education and external circumstances and cannot draw the nature of women. Interestingly enough, Mill adds that women cannot know about the capabilities - and even thoughts and feelings - of their own sex; this is because they are not allowed to learn them. Moreover, men are unable to learn about a woman since they think about women in general; men tend to see women as a community ..."

Tags:subordination, slavery, inequality, female, nature

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This paper argues that, as a political commentary, Mill's "The Subjection of Women" is not a product of his time, but rather a critique of the restrictions on women's political and civic rights; therefore, John Stuart Mill holds the distinction of being the first male philosopher to argue publicly in favor of women's rights. The author points out that the book is an impassioned argument for the recognition of women's personal, legal, and political rights, including the right to work outside the home, the right to higher education, and the right to equal rights in the institution of marriage. The paper relates that, as a utilitarian, Mill believes that prohibiting the potential contributions from half the members of society went against the general good.

Table of Contents
Arguments of "The Subjection of Women"
Social and Philosophical Context
Conclusion

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"Most of the social theorists of the time, such as Edmund Burke and even Mill's own father James Mill argued that personal relationships, such as those between husbands and wives, were timeless and should be seen as "natural." In response to John Stuart's criticism, Burke harked back to the abstract reason of older philosophers like John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Jeremy Bentham. Bentham, in particular, was the father of utilitarianism, which John Stuart had adopted as his own personal philosophy."

Tags:relationships, utilitarianism, political, restrictions, first

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This paper explains that John Stuart Mill is often classified as a Liberal Feminist because of his "Subjection of Women", which explores the concepts of Liberal and Radical Feminism in relation to Mill's theory of utilitarian and his ideas about women's place in economic and societal terms. The author points out that Liberal Feminism is a branch of feminism, which uses the language of liberty, rights and legal equality, as opposed to the radical branch of second wave feminism who believed that the main tenet of feminism was the oppression of women by men. The paper states that most of Mill's writings are concerned with middle- or upper-class married women and he favours the traditional division of labour within the family; this incongruous coupling of patriarchy and capitalism by John Stuart Mill and the Liberal Feminists is criticised.

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"John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was raised as a Utilitarian, influenced by Jeremy Bentham and his father, James Mill. His writings include On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism (1863) and the Subjection of Women (1869), as well as many articles in various periodicals including the Utilitarian journal the Westminster Review. In 1851, after a long relationship he married Harriet Taylor, to whom he was apparently devoted, although her contribution to his work is disputed. To this Okin states: 'the difficult circumstances of their relationship must have increased the strength of his convictions, and of his determination to do what he could to have women's many disabilities remedied.' On her death in 1858 Mill was allegedly devastated: 'His despondency was frightful.'" His Utilitarian beginnings were at odds with his later liberal

Tags:utilitarian, radical, equality, capitalism, critics

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This paper explains that John Stuart Mill's essay, "On Liberty", a criticism of the inequalities that existed during the Victorian era, is a very unique piece of literature in that it presents opportunities to view society and its norms in a different way. The author points out that the ideas from "On Liberty" spilled over into the delicate area of how society treated women. This inspired another essay, "The Subjection of Women". The paper relates that, for Mill, freedom and individuality are necessary components of liberty, and many of the tenets of society actually were hostile to man in order to control or manage him.

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"Mill also claims that many women, contrary to popular belief, do not accept willingly the way in which they were treated in his time. He points out that many women expressed objections to such treatment through their writing. They protested social conditions and many even petitioned Parliament for "admission to the Parliamentary Suffrage" (1057). He states that custom "ought not to create any prejudice, in favor of the arrangements which place women in social and political subjection to men" (1059). This was quite a statement considering that it was written at a time when women could not vote."

Tags:victorian, inequalities, freedom, individuality, control

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The arguments about the female equality of John Stuart Mill stimulated controversy in his period before subsiding to an agreement that the theoretical statement about female equality contained elements for practical programme. The purpose of this essay is to show that Mill's argument about equality is achievable though some aspects of it are still debated in all societies.

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This paper reviews and discusses John Stuart Mill's essay, 'The Subjection of Women'. The paper reports how in this essay, Mill describes the status of women, highlights the prevalent inequalities and argues for a women's right to an equal position.

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"The status of the women is not of a mere unequal person in respect to men, but that similar to a slave. And the problem is deeper as women are enslaved through manipulation. This is an attack to the norms of ethics and morality. Society uses the elements that render women fragile in order to manipulate them: "representing to them meekness, submissiveness, and resignation of all individual will into the hands of a man, as an essential part of sexual attractiveness" . As long as they are not educated in a free spirit, women remain trained to think that the only thing they can do in life is become wives and mothers. This is not only an attack against the condition of the women, but against the will and spirit of the human being. Furthermore, it is an act of attack upon the fundamental principle of freedom. "

Tags:respect, society, sexual, nature, morality

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This paper provides an argument that the nature of relations between the sexes in the marriage of Monica and Edmund Madden, in George Gissing's "The Odd Women", presents an assessment of the status of women in Victorian society that is akin to the assessment on the same subject by John Stuart Mill in "The Subjection of Women."

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"The writings of John Stuart Mill in "The Subjection of Women" and "The Odd Women" by George Gissing both demonstrate the status of women in late Victorian society. This status, apparent in the writings of both authors, is one that is subjugated to patriarchal dominance. Mill likens the status of women to a tree or hedge in a garden that is nurtured and pruned by men. Mill makes the claim that real justice in society would make no distinction based..."

Tags:gender, domestic sphere, identity, freedom, justice, equality, nature, development, patriarchy, beauty

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The paper contends that the concept of freedom central to Mill's critique of the status of women is as valid today as it was in 1869. The paper explains Mill's definition of freedom as having complete freedom of choice and argues that this concept of freedom should be used as a guiding principle for social and political change. The paper concedes, however, that it is unlikely we will ever reach this degree of freedom for all.

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"Mill defines freedom as the ability to freely choose what one does in life. As an example, he points out that all men (in the more developed world) have the right to choose a profession that suits them. This enables them to make the most of the natural talents at their disposal. For example, a man with strong arms might choose to be a blacksmith, whereas a man with very weak arms is unlikely to make that choice, as he will not be able to be competitive in that field, and so will not make as much money as he might in a field that he was more suited to."

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This paper examines two documents in the liberal political tradition. The first texts reviewed are John Stuart Mill's three main texts, "On Liberty," "Subjection of Women" and "Utilitarianism." Then, the paper analyzes the relevance of Thomas Hobbes's political theories to contemporary politics in the U.S.

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"Three texts, 'On Liberty', 'The Subjection of Women' and 'Utilitarianism' distill the political thought of John Stuart Mill. In its way each text is an echo and reinforcement of the other and together they should be conceptualized as being in the liberal political tradition although utilitarianism is the master frame of reference that Mill uses. Indeed, in 'On Liberty' Mill addresses what must be identified as the limitations of liberalism as it was being implemented or conceptualized in mid ... th-century Britain and to decry the threats to..."

Tags:Thomas Hobbes, politics, utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill