Analysis Of John Stewart Mill's Essay: The Rejection Of Women

For years, women have been trying to receive that same opportunities as men, from voting to careers in the work force. Women have waited for the opportunities to prove that they can do more than stay in the house. These opportunities have started to arise, but now without a fight. Many things have now opened up allowing women of today’s world to do more, but not all thing are equal. Women have been told that they are not allowed to receive higher education in any field besides teaching. Sciences were not seen as a place for women. Some careers were ‘forbidden’ for women to study. Women slowly wanted to be able to study more of the ‘forbidden’ subject. In 1910, men and women attended college in equal numbers. At that time, women would only go to two-year teacher’s colleges. This was the reason that women wanted to study the more ‘forbidden’ subjects. They wanted to prove to men that women did not have to be teachers. They can be something more than that. Women deserved to have the opportunity to be more than just teachers. The subjects under STEM have allowed women to study science, …show more content…
John Stewart Mill stated in his work The Subjection of Women that women are allowed to work outside the home. This allows them to gain their own independent financial stability, separate from their husband . In the time that that work was written, people would agree that women should only work outside the home if they were poor or a single mom. J.S. Mill disagreed with that in support of his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. Mill also believes that women should not be slaves of their house . They deserve to leave the house for more than just shopping for food. Their own income also lets the women shop more for their own pleasure, which in 1869 was not what society wanted the women to do. That brings up the question of how there is a difference between wages for men and