Gendered Property Dispossession

Women in Sor Juana's era could not own property independently, control earnings, or hold intellectual property in their names. Libertarian justice must recognize gendered property dispossession as a primary form of injustice. When property rights are denied based on identity categories like gender, the entire libertarian framework is violated at its foundation. Sor Juana's inability to own her own books, earnings, or published works was not incidental—it was systematic. Libertarian justice requires not just equal formal rights but examination of how property systems were designed to exclude entire groups. The concept connects historical gendered dispossession to contemporary wealth gaps, inheritance laws, and intellectual property structures that still disadvantage women. True libertarian justice demands restitution for historical property theft and dismantling systems that continue to deny property ownership based on gender. Sor Juana's life demonstrates that property rights and freedom are impossible without addressing how gender has been used as a mechanism to strip certain people of economic and intellectual autonomy.