# Women and Economics — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

- [Proem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/proem.md): The Proem contrasts a prehistoric era of equality between men and women with the subsequent ages of male domination, where man bound woman to himself through strength and control. It traces the long, painful journey from
- [Women and Economics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/women-and-economics.md): This chapter introduces the central thesis that the economic relationship between men and women is a fundamental factor in social evolution, examining how women's economic dependence has shaped society and individual dev
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/i.md): This chapter challenges the notion that women are economically independent through housework or motherhood, arguing instead that women are economically dependent on men. It refutes claims that maternity justifies this de
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/ii.md): This chapter examines the abnormal sexuo-economic relation in humanity, contrasting natural monogamous evolution with morbid excesses in sex-distinction. It argues that human troubles stem more from social maladjustments
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/iii.md): This chapter examines the excessive sex-distinction in human females, arguing that women are oversexed to the detriment of motherhood, wifehood, and individual development. It contrasts race-functions (self-preservation)

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Home and the Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/chapters/xv.md)

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