Introduction
Comte and Mill on sexual equality : context and problems
The female brain and the subjection of women : biology, phrenology and sexual equality
The phrenological controversy
The explanation of moral phenomena : Comte and Mill on the architectonics of the moral sciences
A never ending subjection? : Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality
The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character
How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women
Conclusion.