This generates a couple questions in my mind one if the labor of the woman is the expectation that she will help elevate everyone in the family to their highest self expression then is she trained and how to do so does she take classes and is she responsible if she fails to do so?is that a question is the outsource thing that he implies? Can we balance society so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of outsourcing and distributing household labor? Or is it just the privileged few?

Philosophy is not just about finding justification for what you want to believe; it also points out in starck terms things we would prefer to euphemize if we even allow ourselves to acknowledge it at all. #philosophy #feminism #marriage #slavery

The 19th Century Philosopher John Stuart Mill said that if the marriage is loveless, and the woman is dependent on the man, then she is essentially a prostitute. Society has rendered the marriage relationship to be about $$$ and we should just clear-eyed look at it for what it is. Not saying it’s her fault; he’s saying that society constructed marriage as such. But what do you all think? #philosophy #feminism #marriage #divorce Bertrand Russell had the same opinion. I would love to read to you his writing on the topic.

Understandably many men recoil at women being dependent on their resources. Women have suffered too in their dependence, by being rendered slaves or playthings. Therefore, we need a world in which women can freely pursue the exact same lifestyle men can. Then we can have equals who have a fair relationship. #philosophy #feminism #marriage #divorce #Kegelbell

Mill says men and women should not be dependent on one another (since they are equals) unless they freely choose to be so. And then they should be able to revoke that dependency at any time. In other words, a man can freely choose to be dependent on a woman and vice versa, but that should be chosen anew at every moment, and they shouldn’t be trapped in that if they ever want to change. ##philosophy##feminism##marriage##divorce##Kegelbell