The Subjection of Women

John Stuart Mill
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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..."
Genres: PhilosophyFeminismNonfictionPoliticsClassicsHistoryWomensEssaysSociologyGender
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