Both Mills Flashcards
1
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Harriet Taylor Mill
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- Had an affair with Mill
- Died early, Mill moved next to her grave
2
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Subjection Core Argument
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- JS, unjust nature of women’s legal subjection
- Full equality
2
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Enfranchisement Core Argument
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- TM, appeals directly to women
- Education hasn’t helped, women need to be political actors
3
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SoW Bias
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- Division in sexes may have promoted happiness at some point
- It no longer applies
4
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SoW Slavery
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- Evolved because masters used it for their own interests
- Making slaves property means contracts become about preserving property
5
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SoW Gender
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- Gender is constructed
- Women in the Lib Dem UK had stunted development
6
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The UK
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- Prides on being advanced, abandoned law of stronger
- Ineq of sexes is not acknowledged
7
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SoW Utility
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- Gender inequity inhibits future progress
8
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Enfranchisement of Women
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- HTM, response to Convention of Women in Ohio
- Discrepancy between principle and practice in Dec of Independence
9
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Dec Discrepancy
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- It only applies to a certain class of men
- Abolitionists have also addressed this
10
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EoW British Hypocrisy
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- Unmarried women are taxed but unrepresented
- They can’t even work
11
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EoW Customs
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- Inherited prejudice supported by reasoning designed to support the prejudice
- The rationale serve men
- No one can judge women’s capacity if they have different opportunities
12
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EoW Enfranchisement and Justice
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- Women are told virtue is being loyal to men
- Used to justify subordination
- Focuses on injustice of subordinate
13
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Gender Inequality and Political Processes
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- Caste system in UK not India, provoke outrage
14
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Women and Domestic Life
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- Makes them selfish
- Become more illiberal
15
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Education
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- Having access does not make women participants
- Minds are cultivated, thoughts still need somewhere to go
16
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Women and Poli Rep
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- Without it women have nowhere to project thoughts
17
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Future of Women’s Movement
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- Educated women are least likely to strive for progress, educated to uphold norms
- Change must come from the people
18
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Differences
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- JS appeals to men and utility, emanctipation needed for progress
- THM, inequality is direct injustice
