Examples Of Injustice And Inequality In Thomas More's Utopia

From reading the short passage of Thomas More’s Utopia, I truly believe that injustice and inequality do exist in More’s “good place”, because the people are to follow the rules and roles that they have to go by. Throughout the passage, it seems that men and women can't make their own decisions/choices and can't be equal. They all have to play their roles to keep the Utopia or “good place” in balance,and this is wrong.

According to the text,"The same trade generally passes down from father to son"(More). More shows injustice because he is implying a young boy has to learn a trade from his father. In other words, boys can't learn from their mother, or the mothers aren't capable to teach their boys. Why can't the son learns a trade from his mother and why would it has to be only his dad? This is a sexist attitude like they all have to follow the direct regulations in More's Utopia. Another example will be a girl can't learn a trade like masonry from her father. A girl has to learn a trade from the mother, like clothing and cooking. …show more content…
What More is saying is that only people that can do ruder trades are the only men and not women. It shows that inequality does exist in the “good place” too. Also in the section it said “Women, for the