
Why J.S. Mill Matters w/ Tara Westover
Past Present Future
The Importance of Nature
Mill says we don't know what women's nature is because women have always existed in culture. He would be right if he reapplied it to men as well, Claire argues. We use the word nature all the time to talk about what women should do and to talk aboutWhat's natural and unnatural for women to do. But decoupling that idea of nature from custom really has no place in thinking about gender," she adds.
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