![]() ![]() ![]() Mill was specifically addressing the equality of women in relation to men, but his reasoning as to why equality is desirable transcends that one case. John Stuart Mill, a nineteenth-century British philosopher who not only wrote political philosophy but also served in Parliament and advocated for many liberal reforms, challenged the status quo by pointing out the incredible cost to society of maintaining inequality between the sexes. The Subjection of Women was released in 1869, a time when, in most of the world, women were considered the legal property-objects, not subjects-of men, specifically their fathers and husbands. “The loss to the world, by refusing to make use of one-half of the whole quantity of talent it possesses, is extremely serious.” In his classic text The Subjection of Women, John Stuart Mill explains why equality is critical for solving the world’s problems-because it allows everyone to decide how they can best contribute to society. Sometimes in the debates about how to improve equality in our society, the reason why we should desire equality gets lost. ![]()
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