"A Vindication of the Rights of Women" Wollstonecraft - Hailey Morgan

While reading A Vindication of the Rights of Women, all I could think about was the difference between the rights women possessed in the past and the rights women get to enjoy today.

In the past, women could literally not do anything. They weren't allowed to learn how to read or write, basically insuring that they couldn't attend school or seek a higher education. There were very few jobs they could actually get and none of them paid very well. Essentially, the only purpose of a woman in the past was to become a wife and a mother, keeping both the family and the home in harmony.

Mary Wollstonecraft was so influential, because she, like many other brave women, was an activist for women's rights when women had none.

Today, women enjoy all the same freedoms as men. We aren't just merely seen as potential wives and mothers; now we are students, scholars, and businesswomen. Though there is still an issue with equal pay, women have come a long way since the 1700's!

Perhaps it is for this reason why I have such a hard time understanding modern feminists. I agree, that both men and women should be paid equally, but other than that, what are we still trying to achieve? Today, women can literally do everything. There is no discrimination, at least none that I have ever stumbled across. Why, then, are there such large groups of activists pushing for change when it seems as though there is nothing at all that needs to change?

Edit - Replied to Jacob Clabo and Rachael Gregson. 

Comments

Gray Moore said…
What an interesting perspective on Wollstonecraft! I definitely agree that she was one of few brave women who, in that time, stood for what they deserved. Good blog post!
I would view myself as a modern feminist, largely because women all around the world are still being oppressed. It's easy to say that women have equal rights when you're only looking within your own neighborhood or your own state or your own country, but there are still entire nations where women are still treated as subservient dolls at the disposal of the nearest patriarch. But I do understand where you're coming from. We are so blessed to live in a nation that was so bravely changed by women like Wollstonecraft!
Katie Byars said…
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Katie Byars said…
I agree with the fact that as I read the book that I can see tons of differences between how America was then and how it is today. We are truly blessed that we can live in this world right here and now and enjoy that freedom. But just because we enjoy more freedoms now does not mean we are entirely free here as well there is still domestic abuse right here in America.