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Who among the following thinkers refers to the family as a "School of Despotism" because of the…

In 'The Subjection of Women' (1869), John Stuart Mill famously described the patriarchal Victorian family as a 'school of despotism' and argued that only a family founded on…

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Who among the following thinkers refers to the family as a "School of Despotism" because of the subordinate position of women ?

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In 'The Subjection of Women' (1869), John Stuart Mill famously described the patriarchal Victorian family as a 'school of despotism' and argued that only a family founded on equal rights could be a true school of the virtues of freedom.

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