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“Feminist Politics and Human Nature” by Alison M. Jaggar, talks about the connection between liberal views and feminism. She describes how we, as a society, think about the positions of men and women and how they are alike within a society. Jagger explains how in any society a political theory will always intertwine with human nature; this political theory will create “assumptions about the nature of both men and women” (Jaggar 21). She goes on to describe how the role of women in philosophical theories apply and, if they do, how they can they contribute to equality for women. In part two chapter three, Jaggar talks about “ Liberal Feminism and Human Nature.” She talks about how Liberal Feminism has always had a voice, unheard, but always there. Liberal Feminism has been around as long as the liberal political theory has been, and this shows how women have been trying to voice their concerns about equality for more than 300 plus years. Feminists have followed the views of liberals, hence Liberal Feminism. They have argued for many years that liberal views and values do not only apply to men, but to women as well and equally. In the 18th century, women stated that they as well as men have natural rights: the right to life, property, liberty, and the pursuit …show more content…
No matter how humans looked at it, throughout history egoism had been present throughout the justice system. We see it today as a society, and we have seen it before. Discrimination against women has always been around. In some aspects, women are looked down upon for doing certain jobs because it is or was a man’s job. Discrimination has been relevant since the begining of the human race. Men in this case, were feeding their egos by not letting women have certain rights and treating them less than what they were. There was no justice for inequality, because in the justice system, women were being treated how they were “meant” to be

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