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Title:

About Gender before Gender, that is the 17th and 19th Century’s Reflection on Social and Cultural Backgrounds of Womanhood - Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill

Subject and Keywords:

gender   feminism   womanhood   education

Abstract:

Although the word "gender” has been used only since 1970s, the debate about the question how much nature and culture is in the so-called natural femininity, could be found inthe beginning of feminist thought in 18th and 19th centuries. M. Wollstonecraft and J.S. Milluncover the normality of womanhood contemporary models and show that some of features,recognized as typical women's, are the result of girls and young women’s upbringing process. Both philosophers recognized also, that the model of unchanged feminine nature was used for supporting the patriarchal power. They proposed the new conception of education and socialization for girls, which gave them a chance to develop their individual abilities.

Publisher:

Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław

Detailed Type:

article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

Genderowe filtry. Różnorodność doświadczania i percepcji płci w przestrzeni publicznej i prywatnej. Pod red. Doroty Majki-Rostek, Ewy Banaszak, Pawła Czajkowskiego, Wrocław 2015

Language:

pol

Rights holder:

Copyright by Barbara Grabowska