The subjection of women

John Stuart Mill

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, (5, THE SUBJECTION WOMEN BY JOHN MILLSTUART SECOND EDITION LONDON AND DYERREADER,LONGMANS, GREEN, 1869 HO. ices :T.OWDON CHAWOBWMW. A*D WIWM*,CO., COVBBTGA.BDEK. & / <y> 7 CHAPTER I. fFHE of this is to asobject Essay explain -*- as I am the of anclearly able, grounds which I have held from the earliestopinion very when I had formed at all onperiod any opinions social or and insteadmatters, ofpolitical which, weakened or has beenbeing modified, constantly the of reflectiongrowing stronger by progress and the of life : That theexperience principle which the social relationsregulates existing between the two sexes the subordination oflegal one sex to the other is in and nowitself,wrong one of the chief hindrances to human improve ment and that it to be a; ought replaced by no admittingequality, on the _ other. The words to the taskvery expressnecessary I have show how arduous it is.undertaken, But it would that thebe a mistake to suppose of the case must lie in thedifficulty insufficiency or of the of reason on whichobscurity grounds B is that whichconviction rests. Themy difficulty exists in all cases in which there is a mass of to be contended So asfeeling against.

Sujets

• Women
• Women's rights
• Equality

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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,
(5,
THE
SUBJECTION
WOMEN
BY
JOHN MILLSTUART
SECOND EDITION
LONDON
AND DYERREADER,LONGMANS, GREEN,
1869HO.
ices
:T.OWDON
CHAWOBWMW.
A*D WIWM*,CO.,
COVBBTGA.BDEK.
& /
<y> 7CHAPTER I.
fFHE of this is to asobject Essay explain
-*-
as I am the of anclearly able, grounds
which I have held from the earliestopinion very
when I had formed at all onperiod any opinions
social or and insteadmatters, ofpolitical which,
weakened or has beenbeing modified, constantly
the of reflectiongrowing stronger by progress
and the of life : That theexperience principle
which the social relationsregulates existing
between the two sexes the subordination oflegal
one sex to the other is in and nowitself,wrong
one of the chief hindrances to human improve
ment and that it to be a; ought replaced by
no
admittingequality,
on the
_
other.
The words to the taskvery expressnecessary
I have show how arduous it is.undertaken,
But it would that thebe a mistake to suppose
of the case must lie in thedifficulty insufficiency
or of the of reason on whichobscurity grounds
Bis that whichconviction rests. Themy difficulty
exists in all cases in which there is a mass of
to be contended So asfeeling against. long
an is in therootedopinion strongly feelings,
it rather than loses ingains stability by having
a ofpreponderating weight argument against
itt For if it were as a result ofaccepted
the refutation of theargument, argument might
shake the of the conviction but when itsolidity ;
rests on the worse it fares insolely feeling, argu
mentative the more itscontest, adhepersuaded
rents are that their must have somefeeling deeper
which the doground, not reacharguments ;
and while the
it isfeeling remains, throwalways
freshing intrenchments ofup toargument repair
breach made in theany old. And there are so
causes tomany make thetending confeelings
nected with this the most intense andsubject
most of alldeeply-rooted those which
gather
round and oldprotect institutions and
customs,
that we need not wonder to find them as lessyet
undermined and loosened than of the restany
the ofby theprogress moderngreat andspiritual
social nortransition; that thesuppose barbarisms
to which men
cling must belongest less bar
barisms than those which earlier shakethey off.
In theevery respect burthen is hard on those
who attack an almost universal
opinion. They
must be
very fortunate as well as
unusually