The principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex to the other—is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Patriarchy Oppression of women Gender relations

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

The Subjection of Women

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

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