The Enlightenment The Promise Of Reason Summary

Mary Wollstonecraft was a women who fought for equal rights between women and men. Her legacy lives on today, by her portrait being designed and created by a man named John Opie in 1797. The surroundings of this portrait is a dark gloomy mood. The picture shows a woman who is posing for the portrait and really well - dressed. The political and historical surrounding of the portrait was people (particularly men) was not against the portrait being drawn, but rather what the story was behind the picture and what she believed in.
Wollstonecraft wanted to change the ideas and beliefs between the society and women. As mentioned in “ The Enlightenment: The promise of Reason”, she wanted to apply the enlightenment’s ideals to be “natural law, liberty and equality.” Equality because she believed that women are than the stereotypes that the men tell and believe in them. One of the stereotypes of “women were women were to childish and women would not be able to do what a man can do.” Back then women were criticized for everything the way they dress, the way they speak, etc. Plot Twist! Wollstonecraft critized woman also, but not the way men did. She criticized woman because she hates seeing men treat woman like that is their peasant. She hated seeing woman begg to their
What will the men think about this? In my conclusion, men were not happy about a women speaking out for other women. Cause the idea of women speaking her mind was a rare thing back then. I think it made them angry, that a “women” is being in control. They hated the idea of a women telling other women around the world that it's boring to be a stay home mother. Wollstonecraft saw the idea of being a staying home mother was such a childish thing to do. Men to her were animals. Do not get me wrong, she did not like men, she hated them. She hated the idea of a man thinking a woman should this kind of lifestyle, just because she is a