{"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":"2026-08-12T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:45","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>\u2014 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\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <i>Subjection of Women<\/i> = <b>Mill\u2019s<\/b> fullest statement on gender justice <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> quote fuses two claims<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> equality as both justice and development <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> moral wrong + brake on progress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><i>wrong in itself<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> origin in force, \u201cmight was right,\u201d no place in modern world <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> principle of perfect equality, \u201cno privilege \/ no disability\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unequal marriage laws <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> domestic slavery <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>hindrance to development<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> excluding half wastes its talent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> doubles brain trust, raises competition, strengthens democracy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> civilizes men, companionate marriage <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> sex no ground for excluding citizenship<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>defence of subordination: women naturally inferior + voluntary consent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mill<\/b> rebuts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cnature\u201d is really socialization; consent under dependence is no consent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> justice + utility combined <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Gauba<\/b>: among the strongest vindications of the feminist cause<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mill<\/b> transcended his age <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> foundational text of modern feminism (line running to <b class=\"pq-sc\">Friedan<\/b>)<\/p>\n<\/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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4675,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1081\/revisions\/4675"}],"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}]}}