Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The equality of married persons before the law, is not only the sole mode in which that particular relation can be made consistent with justice to both sides.”
- Source
- The Subjection of Women
- Date
- 1869
Meaning of “The equality of married persons before the law,…”
Mill applies equal legal standing to marriage, arguing that a just relationship cannot rest on one adult possessing a superior legal status over the other.
Where does it come from?
The Subjection of Women (1869), Chapter II, printed page 78, Project Gutenberg #27083. Mill argues that equality of married persons before the law is required for justice to both sides and for marriage to become a school of moral cultivation rather than legal subordination.
