Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction to the 2013 Edition ix
4. Acknowledgment xix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. PLATO
7. 1. Plato and the Greek Tradition of Misogyny 15
8. 2. Philosopher Queens and Private Wives 28
9. 3. Female Nature and Social Structure 51
10. PART II. ARISTOTLE
11. 4. Woman's Place and Nature in a Functionalist World 73
12. PART III. ROUSSEAU
13. 5. Rousseau and the Modern Patriarchal Tradition 99
14. 6. The Natural Woman and Her Role 106
15. 7. Equality and Freedom-far Men 140
16. 8. The Fate of Rousseau's Heroines 167
17. PART IV. MILL
18. 9. John Stuart Mill, Liberal Feminist 197
19. PART V. FUNCTIONALISM, FEMINISM AND THE FAMILY
20. 10. Women and Functionalism, Past and Resent 233
21. 11. Persons, Women, and the Law 247
22. 12. Conclusion 274
23. Appendix to Chapter 4 305
24. Afterword to the 1992 edition 309
25. Notes 341
26. Bibliography 387
27. Index 399