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John Stuart Mill's ?The Subjection of Women?, 2004.
This paper argues that John Stuart Mill's ?The Subjection of Women? is one of the most important catalysts of liberal feminism.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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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.
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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."
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Mill's 'The Subjection of Women', 2006.
A review of the essay 'The Subjection of Women' by John Stuart Mill.
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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. "
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Subjection of Women by John stuart Mill, 2002.
Argues that society can achieve much of the equality for women that was advocated by John Stuart Mil.
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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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Mill and the Emancipation of Women, 2008.
This paper looks at John Stuart Mill's arguments for the emancipation of women in his work, "The Subjection of Women".
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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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John Stuart Mill, 2004.
This paper discusses two works by John Stuart Mill: ?On Liberty? and
?The Subjection of Women?.
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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."
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John Stuart Mill: A Liberal Feminist, 2004.
This paper discusses John Stuart Mill's feminist views, specifically as expressed in his essay "Subjection of Women".
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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
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Gender Equality, 2006.
An analysis of John Stuart Mill's "The Subjection of Women" and gender equality.
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This paper provides an analysis of Mill's discussion of the origins, development and propositions against the prevalence of subjugation of women in the society. The analysis conducted posits that Mill proposed that women oppression prevailed because of the preservation of the status quo, wherein women were considered the weaker sex, thus influencing people's beliefs about the capabilities and functions of women in the society.
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"In developing his thesis, Mill had laid down first the state of women subjugation as he observed it in his society (19th century English society): "The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural. But how entirely, even in this case, the feeling is dependent on custom, appears by ample experience..." He then went on to prove that contrary to the popular belief that the status quo, wherein women were subjugated by men, was also tolerated by women, Mill argued that there had been numerous literature that express women's protest against the prejudice and discrimination that they received in society. However, society had been reluctant to give attention to these protests, mainly because women subjugation had become part of society's norms that to deviate from this was unthinkable, and would only cause instability on the social order."
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"Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills", 2002.
An examination of the book "Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills" by Emily Honig.
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This paper contains a critical book review of the title, along with a discussion of the personal value of the book. Emily Honig's book is the story of women who worked in the Shanghai cotton mills from 1919 through 1949, but the paper shows how the story is really about the women themselves, and how they survived the harsh working conditions by creating a sisterhood ? working together to help each other while surviving harsh and intolerable conditions.
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"The author's thesis is stated clearly in the Introduction. She hopes to prove that the women of the Shanghai mills were extremely class conscious, and this class consciousness had to be transformed and eliminated before the women could rise up together and demand reform. She notes, "I began my study by focusing on issues that precede the role of women in the labor movement and in the Chinese revolution: the nature of work, social relations within the workplace, the formation of the working class, and the transformations women underwent as they became members of an urban industrial proletariat" (Honig 2). The author also states her beliefs early in the book, when she notes, "Modern industrial capitalism in twentieth-century China, as in England and the United States a century earlier, was built on the intersection of textile manufacture and female and child labor" (Honig 1). She goes on to elaborate on this assertion throughout the book, exploring the exploitation of women in the mills, and its connection to the Shanghai labor movement. "
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Literature: Women inside the Patriarchal Society, 2008.
Compares the depiction of the life of women inside the patriarchal society in Rebecca Harding Davis' 'Life in the Iron Mills" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily".
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This paper explains that the female protagonists in Rebecca Harding Davis' 'Life in the Iron Mills" and Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" are very different. However, the two women are markedly the prisoners of the patriarchal society that has caught them in its net. The author points out that both women focus all their energy on their male companions, being almost obsessively preoccupied with them. The paper describes both stories.
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""Life in the Iron Mills" is the somber story of the grey, empty life of a worker in the iron mills, Hugh Wolfe. In the midst of his brutish life, he has an artistic vision: he is able to model figurines out of the waste materials left at the mill. His aspirations are thwarted nevertheless, and he dies in utter misery. His fate obviously symbolizes the terrible destiny of the working-class people, who had no perspectives outside a barren, instinctual life. The secondary character of this story, Deborah, who is Hugh's cousin, is however an even more interesting figure which perfect the realistic picture drawn by Davis."
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American Women's Fashion, 2005.
This paper discusses the changing world of American women's fashions as an aspect of the various women's reform movements from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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This paper explains that dress was an outward indication of ones wealth and social standing; however, changes within society were often directly reflected in attire. The author points out that the layers of uncomfortable and restrictive clothing were both a symbolic and a physical tool which kept women from being active participants in man's world. The paper relates that the invention of the sewing machine allowed the general public access to fashion as they could make their own clothing and contributed to the "Ready to Wear" industry, which forever changed the face of clothing in America and established New York City as the country's fashion capitol. 2 Illustrations.
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Introduction
Women's Lives
Reform
The Victorian Era
After the Civil War and the Corset
Magazines and Fashion
Women's New Roles
The Work Force and Fashion
Sewing Machine
Immigrants
Textile Mills
New Thinking
Consumer Influence of Cosmetics as Fashion
After the War
Conclusion
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"The Victorian Era was a period in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that was largely recognized as a period of rigid and unyielding conservatism. Even though it was celebrated as a time that maintained a high standard of morality, beauty, and social grace, the overall Victorian society actually tended to be rather oppressive -- especially regarding women and their position within the society. This was a time when people owned few clothes. A typical country woman might own only three or four dresses with one being dedicated to church and social events. Men also were conservative during this period. A husband would usually only own two or three shirts with one or two of summer and winter trousers. Shoes were even very scarce compared with items of clothing and were only common for men that worked outdoors. Women and children would definitely be the last to receive shoes. Thus fashion can be thought of as very limited at this juncture."
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A Woman's Role in the Late 1800's, 2002.
This paper discusses the role of women in the late 1800's and how the Lowell Factory System influenced a social revolution for women.
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The author points out the concept of republican motherhood; women stayed at home to raise children because only women could turn children into responsible adults and productive American citizens. This paper discusses Francis Cabot Lowell system; female textile workers worked in factories and lived in morally virtuous boarding houses. The paper concludes that working at the mills was hard work but the women were proud of their contribution to society and thus changed society.
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"A woman?s role in society was drastically influenced by many ideologies f the times. One of the ideals was the concept of republican motherhood. This concept stated that women should stay at home to raise children because only women could turn children into responsible adults and productive American citizens. This unfortunate ideology severely limited the roles a woman might otherwise have taken in society. With many men having gone west in search of new land, many women found themselves poor and unmarried."
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Mill on Pornography, 2002.
Discussing John Stuart Mill's classic political philosophy called "On Liberty" and how this philosophy would have applied to pornography.
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "On Liberty," by John Stuart Mill. Specifically, discusses how John Stuart Mill would view the issue of pornography. It shows that pornography has been argued by many feminists and advocates for women's rights to be pernicious to women because it eroticizes and promotes relationships of inequality and subordination of women to men. For this reason, they argue that pornography should be censored. It looks at what Mill would have said about this issue and whether he would have been a principled opponent to any form of censorship, including censorship of pornography.
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"In this paper, I will argue that John Stuart Mill was an early proponent of equal rights for women, but he also believed in free speech, and would never advocate censorship, even of objectionable material, and his opening paragraph clearly states this fact. "The subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual" (On Liberty, Introductory, 1). In other words, Mill clearly states his position from the first sentence in his essay ? there is a limit to the power that can be exercised over any individual in society, including the power of censorship. While material may be objectionable, or in the case of pornography, even filthy, everyone in society has a right to choose what he or she view, and the power of censorship is not valid in a functioning society. Each member can choose to view what they want, and what they do not want, therefore, censorship is unnecessary, and invalidates the rights of everyone. He continues with his argument that this does not reduce a man (or woman) from having a conscience, and doing what we believe is right and good for us, and for those around us."
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"Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, 2001.
This paper discusses the story, "Life in the Iron Mills," from a social commentary perspective.
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The following paper discusses the story by Rebecca Harding Davis with an aim to show the beginning of a resurgence of interest in a woman whose first major work wrought radical changes in how fiction would be written and read in America.
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?Life in the Iron Mills? has been called ?one of the revolutionary documents in American literary history.? The same year it was published by Atlantic Monthly, then America?s leading national magazine, the country became embroiled in the Civil War.
"The narrator of this story is very familiar with, but at the same time very removed from the world she describes. She takes the reader on a tour of a factory town and an iron mill, where a young man named Hugh Wolfe shovels coal for the iron furnaces. Hugh is worshipped by his cousin, Deborah, who while visiting Hugh at the Mills steals the wallet of leading males citizen of the factory town when he comes through the mills for a tour and notices, along with the other men on the tour, the ?korl woman? figure sculpted by Hugh."
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Gender Differences in Subject Choice, 2005.
An investigation of the consequences of subject choice between the genders.
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This paper investigates the influence of gender on subject choices of post-16 students, looking particularly at A-level students who tend to select stereotypical subjects according to their gender. Subject choices have an impact on the job market, making certain careers dominated by a particular sex and this is a vital area to research as disproportionate subject choices in schools could prevent equality in the workplace. It determines whether this influence of gender on subject choice is a national trend and also if it has any consequence in the career market. The study is based on secondary data, consisting of official U.C.A.S. statistics and national A-level results. The paper includes various charts and graphs.
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"Although the 1944 Education Act made secondary education accessible to all children, boys and girls did not pursue the same curriculum, as the dominant ideology was they should study subjects which would best prepare them for their natural roles. Introducing a national curriculum in 1988 attempted to legislate gender equality in education. In an effort to eradicate the traditions of children taking subjects in accordance to their sex, girls were required to study previously male dominated subjects, and vice versa. Students were allowed to choose some subjects, in which gender differences can be noted, but this choice was only permitted outside the ?core? areas of English, Science, Mathematics, Technology and a foreign language. However by A level, when students are given a complete choice of subjects to study the gender differences re-emerge despite pupils studying mostly the same subjects up until the age of 16."
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Fire at Malden Mills, 2002.
This paper seeks to provide information about the ethical dilemma posed by the 1995 destruction by fire of part of the complex at Malden Mills.
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The paper begins by providing background information on Malden Mills and the products that the mill produces. It then discusses the ethical dilemma that the company faced as a result of the fire and what decisions were made concerning employees at the mill. It also looks at the alternatives that the company could have chosen and explains whether the choices made by the company were ethical or unethical. Finally, the writer shares his/her personal thoughts about the decisions made by the leadership of Malden Mills.
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"Malden Mills, located in northern Massachusetts, was founded in 1906 by Henry Feuerstein and the current CEO of the company is Aaron Feuerstein. The company is privately held and wholly owned by the company. The mill produces Polartec and Polarfleece brands exclusively and grosses nearly $400 million in sales each year and employs 3000 people. (?Malden Mills?) The company filed for bankruptcy in 1981 as a result of the sluggish economy but after much research the CEO decided to produce a new brand of fabric, Polarfleece and Polartec. The Polartec and Polarfleece brands are used to create clothing for companies such as LL Bean and Patagonia. (Ryan) The production of these brands proved to be a success and the company came out of the bankruptcy stronger than before. Malden Mill also produces upholstery fabrics. (?A Study in Leadership?)"
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