Wollstonecraft takes her beliefs and poses them against the beliefs of others and explains why some of the others are wrong. Somewhat like Aquinas. It’s written during a time where Women were grossly undervalued and appreciated, which is a time that’s hard to distinguish as women at times are still undervalued and underestimated to this day. Men are still thought to be superior, and the purpose of woman is to bare the children of successful men, bLaH bLaH bLaH.
Wollstonecraft, seemingly (at least to me), is taking the path that John Milton’s Eve was trying to take. She uses reason and well-placed logic and synthesis to argue the position of women alongside men educationally, socially, and spiritually even. Eve could take some notes because, Wollstonecraft’s logic is well thought through and she doesn’t take the words of others so lightly. It seems rant-like to me, but in a calm manner.
She says something interesting, that kind of irks me. She says that history shows the marks of inferiority of women and how few have freed themselves from the control of man. She says that the women who perform extraordinary feats were just male spirits trapped in female bodies. I’m sure if she actually agrees with this, but I suppose I’m still irked because it takes the extraordinary feats performed by a women (like Joan of Ark) and gives men the credit. We’re not that great, we can’t do everything perfectly. It’s not that hard to give credit where credit is due. That’s something the men of Wollstonecraft’s time needed to learn.
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