Women in Utopia

The positive Utopia, or eutopia, and the communitarian movement are views of desirable futures and better societies, including the correct role and status of women. Classical eutopians either abolish the family and make women fairly equal (Plato and Campanella) or maintain the family and make women...

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Published in:Comparative literature studies (Urbana) 1973-12, Vol.10 (4), p.302-316
Main Author: Sargent, Lyman Tower
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communes
Comparative literature
Gender equality
Gender roles
Men
Utopian fiction
Utopian socialism
Utopianism
Utopias
Womens rights
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Summary:The positive Utopia, or eutopia, and the communitarian movement are views of desirable futures and better societies, including the correct role and status of women. Classical eutopians either abolish the family and make women fairly equal (Plato and Campanella) or maintain the family and make women definitely inferior (More and Bacon and most Utopias since 1850). In the Shaker and Oneida communities women were generally equal, but in most other communes they were clearly subservient. The negative Utopia, or dystopia, often shows women as equal, thereby indicating that this equality need not bring about the good society. (LTS)
ISSN:0010-4132
1528-4212