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Comparing Subjection Of Women By John Stuart Mill And Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Wollstonecraft’s view of gender has been extrapolated upon by other authors; such as John Stuart Mill and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Both Mill and Stanton extrapolate upon the idea that society is to blame for the inequality between men and women. In Mill’s “Subjection of Women” he talks about how society gives all men power; power, which men uses to tyrannize women. Men are given superiority over women and men uses this superiority to further subjugate women. Mill affirms that men “are entitled to command” (674) and women “are bound to obey” (674). Society creates a gender hierarchy that has men on top. This hierarchy establishes men to be more superior to women; thus creating a gap between them and women. Men are given more authority and women
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