What Argument Did John Stuart Mill Make About Married Women

question 87

Multiple Choice

What argument did John Stuart Mill make about married women?

• A) The subservient condition of a married woman would not be voluntarily chosen by many women, especially women capable of doing something else.
• B) The subservient condition of a married woman would be voluntarily chosen by many women, especially women capable of doing something else.
• C) The subservient condition of a married woman is mandated by the Bible and is therefore not negotiable.
• D) The subservient condition of a married woman is happily assumed until her children are independent and married.
• E) The subservient condition of a married woman is happily assumed.

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