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A short response to Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
Title: A short response to Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
Category: Literature
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A short response to Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
There were several passages that truly caught my attention. First, on page 260, "My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone." This is a bold statement, in my opinion. Wollstonecraft 'dares' to speak to women as though they have a mind, as though they are capable …showed first 75 words of 689 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 689 total…that these extraordinary women were trapped in male spirits. I find it intriguing from a Christian perspective because of the idea that the Lord doesn't make mistakes. He is perfect, and if he created an extraordinary person and placed that person in a woman's body, then that is what He intended to do. I don't know Wollstonecraft's background in regard to religion, but I found that to be a rather interesting thing to think about.
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