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The Subjection of Women

by John Stuart Mill · 1869

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..".John Mill disagrees with the argument that women are naturally less good at some things than men, and should therefore be discouraged or forbidden from doing them. Mill Thought that men simply don't know what women are capable of, because we have never let them try - nobody can not make a statement without evidence. We can't stop women from trying things because they might not be able to do them. An argument based on speculative physiology is just that, speculation..."

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of this
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feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisgendergenderMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of thissocial justicesocial justiceMore like thisLess of thismoralitymoralityMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 136 pages
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