Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville’s thoughts on gender in the United States are interesting. His statements and thoughts on America about the roles of men and women are very clear. Tocqueville believes that in Europe, men and women are equal. Some even think that men and women are like creatures. All positions and functions are equal to both sexes, and if one sex were to be put at a higher level than the other, then it would result in “chaos”. However, it is the opposite in the U.S. In fact, Tocqueville thinks that “in no other country has such constant care been taken as in America to trace two clearly distinct lines of action for the two sexes…”

According to Tocqueville, American democracy is enabling women to become more equal to men through the judicial area of the government. The honor of women is held up with great honor. A man depriving her of her independence against her will is dealt with severely. More importantly, women and men are respect each other’s part in the world, and “consider both of them [sexes] as beings of equal value. The U.S. is raising women “morally and intellectually to the level of man”.