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Charlotte Perkins

Women and Economics: Great Classics

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Sept. 24, 2018)
At the heart of Gilman's treatise is a critique of what she calls women's "sexuo-economic" relation to men. Because women are expected to depend upon men for their support rather earning their own living, she argues, they are obliged to develop their feminine and sexual attributes at the expense of human characteristics in order to attract husbands and thus to ensure their survival. In Gilman's view, this practice renders marriage little more than legalized prostitution. To solve this problem, Gilman asserts that women should be free to perform productive work outside the home. This arrangement would not only grant women economic independence, which would make it unnecessary for them to exaggerate their femininity (what Gilman calls being "over-sexed") and thus allow them to develop all of their human faculties; it would also improve society because women would be able to contribute to the world around them. "Woman," Gilman proposed, "should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body"
ISBN
1727551737 / 9781727551730
Pages
142
Weight
9.6 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.3 in.

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