# What Legal Subordination of Women means in The Subjection of Women

> The book argues that the legal and social system that subordinates women to men is fundamentally unjust, comparing it to slavery and calling for its replacement with perfect equality.

## Explanation

The book argues that the legal and social system that subordinates women to men is fundamentally unjust, comparing it to slavery and calling for its replacement with perfect equality.

Mill argues that the legal inequality of women originates from brute force, not reason or experience.

Mill details how the marriage contract legally subordinates wives to husbands, making them bond-servants with no independent rights.

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