Reflections on Marriage
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Mary Astell's Reflections on Marriage analyzes marriage as an institution that often entrusts excessive power to husbands, likening the arrangement to electing a monarch for life.
The treatise calls attention to women's legal invisibility, lack of property rights, and subjection within marriage, urging better education and protections.
Astell's arguments prefigure later feminist critiques by highlighting the structural risks women face when legally bound to husbands.
Her work contributed to early feminist thought and sparked debate about the ethics of marital authority and women's autonomy.
Though polemical for its time, Astell's reflections remain significant for the history of feminist political philosophy.
The treatise calls attention to women's legal invisibility, lack of property rights, and subjection within marriage, urging better education and protections.
Astell's arguments prefigure later feminist critiques by highlighting the structural risks women face when legally bound to husbands.
Her work contributed to early feminist thought and sparked debate about the ethics of marital authority and women's autonomy.
Though polemical for its time, Astell's reflections remain significant for the history of feminist political philosophy.
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