Why does winthrop use an analogy to the status of women within the family to explain his understanding liberty?

He felt that moral liberty, in its most perfect form, was the liberty to only undertake good works and deeds. He likened it to a woman choosing her husband: in general, making a decision. In both instances (woman obeying her husband and a person obeying moral and just laws), Winthrop felt that it was a moral duty.

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productive most commonly means: achieving or producing a significant amount or result.

explanation:

productive can also mean:

producing or giving rise torelating to or engaged in the production of goods, crops, or other commodities.

these depend on how the word productive is used. most likely productive will mean   achieving or producing a significant amount or result.