tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post5927659079296830947..comments2023-08-10T04:03:44.387-04:00Comments on This Book and I Could Be Friends: Gender, Subjection, and Hegemony OH MYEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-27242851869976826292011-03-10T05:29:13.005-05:002011-03-10T05:29:13.005-05:00Thank you for your very thoughtful analysis. It de...Thank you for your very thoughtful analysis. It deepened my appreciation for what Mill accomplished.<br /><br />Mill has a very interesting passage somewhere about the "nature" of women in which addresses the paternalistic concern that liberating women will cause them to become unnatural (and, by implication, bad). If a characteristic is truly natural, then when we are free to express it we will. If, when free, we do not do what was previously considered natural, then it must not have been natural at all.Silver Threadshttp://www.silverseason.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-85938261184254946782011-02-28T20:17:58.872-05:002011-02-28T20:17:58.872-05:00Nymeth: I've found the Scott essay very useful...Nymeth: I've found the Scott essay very useful for many things I've written. Do check it out.<br /><br />Michelle: With the woman-hating BS going on in Congress right now, we sure could use a representative like Mill! What I was really trying to demonstrate was how not only were Mill's ideas ahead of their time, but so was the way he articulated them. He all but defines gender theory, hegemony, intersectionality, and social privilege. <i>The Subjection of Women</i> can be used to protest other forms of oppression as well, which effectively makes feminism relevant to men too.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-90304084615746529182011-02-28T12:06:55.700-05:002011-02-28T12:06:55.700-05:00Great post, with the links you make to the Joan Sc...Great post, with the links you make to the Joan Scott essay & Marx's theory of hegemony.<br /><br />The way Mill couched his argument in the wider social and political ideas and changes taking place at the time he was writing, was something I particularly liked about the text too. <br /><br />I think the point he made about women's inferiority being deemed more natural than other oppressions by society at large is still really relevant. So many stereotypical ideas about men and women are still excused on the basis of the biological differences between them, and women certainly still undergo a socialisation that encourages them to see themselves in relation to men and not as existing in their own right. <br /><br />Just a shame there's little chance a male MP would come along and write something similar to Mill today!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397732853325720668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-44267725289347269102011-02-25T13:26:26.264-05:002011-02-25T13:26:26.264-05:00"But overall, I believe the greatest strength..."But overall, I believe the greatest strength of The Subjection of Women is that Mill places women's oppression and liberation in the context of a global, historical movement from tyranny to freedom and boldly lays out the contradictions inherent in Liberté, égalité, fraternité when only certain groups are allowed to benefit."<br /><br />Yes - perfectly put. Also, many thanks for the link to the Joan Scott essay, which I wasn't familiar with.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.com