# How does The Subjection of Women develop the theme of Legal Subordination of Women?

> The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill

## Answer

The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill develops Legal Subordination of Women across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

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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- [i](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_subjection_of_women_se/chapters/i.md): Mill argues that the legal inequality of women originates from brute force, not reason or experience.
- [ii](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_subjection_of_women_se/chapters/ii.md): Mill details how the marriage contract legally subordinates wives to husbands, making them bond-servants with no independent rights.

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