ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill published in 1869, with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Subjection of Women is an essay by philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill. Mill argues in favour of legal and social equality between men and women. He writes that ‘the legal subordination of one sex to the other’ is ‘wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement’ (p. 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -The traditionally inferior position of women in relation to political, social and artistic dimensions of society derives from the “biological tragedy” of women, namely the requirement that they bear and rear children.

Detailed explanation-4: -He believed in a moral theory called utilitarianism-that actions that lead to people’s happiness are right and that those that lead to suffering are wrong.