An Analysis of John Stuart Mili’s Feminist Theory and Its Relevance Today

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10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_176How to use a DOI?

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Jeremy Bentham; John Stuart Mill; feminism; liberalism

Abstract

John Stuart Mill was a key figure in the development of early feminism. While keeping the vast majority of Jeremy Bentham’s theories as liberal theorists, he revised some of them. His feminist works set the bar high since they in-depth examined both the historical realities of women’s equal rights and the contemporary social realities of their exploitation and oppression. However, as feminist theory developed and evolved and as feminist movements proliferated around the globe, Mill’s ideas were revealed to have several number of weaknesses that require critical analysis in light of the dominant theories and circumstances.

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AU  - Wenxin Xu
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BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
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