“Good housekeeping”? Re-assessing John Stuart Mill’s position on the gendered division of labour
(2018)
Journal Article
McCabe, H. (2018). “Good housekeeping”? Re-assessing John Stuart Mill’s position on the gendered division of labour. History of Political Thought, 39(1), 135-155
This paper considers an oft-criticised passage of John Stuart Mill’s The Subjection of Women, arguing that Mill’s position is misunderstood. In this passage, Mill identifies a trilemma facing women in non-ideal circumstances. Two elements of this c... Read More about “Good housekeeping”? Re-assessing John Stuart Mill’s position on the gendered division of labour.