What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing—the result of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Nature of women Oppression of women

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John Stuart Mill

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The Subjection of Women

Medium

Essay

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

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

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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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