{"id":1081,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/the-legal-subordination-of-one-sex-to-another-is-wrong-in-itself-upsc-psir-2023-1309\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:19","slug":"the-legal-subordination-of-one-sex-to-another-is-wrong-in-itself-upsc-psir-2023-1309","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-legal-subordination-of-one-sex-to-another-is-wrong-in-itself-upsc-psir-2023-1309\/","title":{"rendered":"The legal subordination of one sex to another is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human development.\u2019 (J. S. Mill). Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Subjection of Women = Mill\u2019s fullest statement on gender justice -\u2014 quote fuses two claims equality as both justice and development \u2192 moral wrong + brake on progress<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">wrong initself \u2192 origin in force, \u201cmight was right,\u201d no place in modern world \u2192 principle of perfect equality, \u201cno privilege \/ no disability\u201d \u2192 unequal marriage laws \u2192 domestic slavery \u2192 hindrance to development \u2192 excluding half wastes its talent \u2192 doubles brain trust, raises competition, strengthens democracy \u2192 civilizes men, companionate marriage \u2192 sex no ground for excluding citizenship<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">defence of subordination: women naturally inferior + voluntary consent \u2192 Mill rebuts \u2192 \u201cnature\u201d is really socialization; consent under dependence is no consent<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">justice + utility combined \u2192 Gauba: among the strongest vindications of the feminist cause Mill transcended his age \u2192 foundational text of modern feminism (line running to Friedan)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1081","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1081\/revisions\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1081"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}