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This 9 page paper examines the theories of Wollstonecraft and Mill and their ideas about society. There is a focus on how women are viewed in society and the context of the family. Ideas are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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dependent upon utility, or the common good." Still, before looking at the theory of utilitarianism and how it might apply to this subject, it pays to look at what Mill
really thought of women because there are surprising similarities to Wollstonecrafts position. Yet, there are subtle differences that need to be explored. In 1869, John Stuart Mill published The Subjection
of Women and considered that the mainstream of philosophical debate involved the moral costs of womens legal disabilities within marriage (Broughton 551). He saw, in the latter part of the
nineteenth century, that the noble ideal of domesticity, something designed to civilize men and women by bringing them closer within the sanctity of the home, had the unforeseen consequence of
exposing incoherences in the relationship between the sexes (551). Indeed, Mill, who is more well known for his political thought than ideas about feminism had early on noted the differences
between the sexes and how the idea of femininity was socially constructed. In other words, unlike the majority of people who accept sex roles as being prescribed by nature, Mill
realized that it was the society that fostered such a relationship for the greater good, but in the end, could not really live up to its promises. Mill realized
that the male had practically unlimited power over the woman and that the institution of marriage as it stood seemed to promote in the husband traits that it was supposed
to subdue (Broughton 551). Mill suggested that marriage was the answer to the male libido out of control. Men marry to have wives who are supposed to not only
service them sexually, but as an added bonus, they are to fulfill every other need. The woman is supposed to cook, clean and take care of the offspring. Mill expresses
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