PHI 335 Lecture 21: wollstonecraft- education
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The conduct and manners of women evidently prove that their minds are not in a healthy state : page 362. One cause: a false system of education. Mahometanism: muslim: authors opinion: in the government of the physical world, it is observable that the female in point of strength is, in general, inferior to the male. This is the law of nature & does not in favor of women. A degree of physical superiority cannot be denied: page 363. To rise in the world, women must marry. Women should be allowed to share the advantages of education and government with man, see if they will become better as they grow wiser and become free: page 368. At this day school, boys and girls should be considered equal since the rich, poor, males, and females will all meet together. There will be no distinctions of vanity because they will all be dressed alike.
