Wollstonecraft Opposition To Rousseau Summary
In Wollstonecraft opposition to Rousseau she is arguing Once women are given the proper amount of education they will then be able to acquire and achieve that same amount of political equality as a man. Although she argues this she believes that a women’s priority aside from being involved is to be a mother and wife. Women deserve social equality with men and should be given the education necessary to achieve it. (Zeitlin, 2001. P.40)
Rousseau argues that women are not naturally born to be that same as men. Rousseau denies that women have the same intellectual ability and physicalizes of men or boys. mothers should recognize that their daughters are made even weaker than nature intended when their” … limbs and faculties are cramped with worse that Chinese hands” and when …show more content…
… the first duty is to themselves as rational creatures, and the next in point of importance, as citizens, is that, which includes so many, of a mother. The rank in life which dispenses with their fulfilling their duty, necessary degrades them by making theme mere dolls (Zeitlin, P.42)
Where Wollstonecraft contradicts herself is by her only directing her argument of women being educated to the middle-class women rather than including the aristocracy and lower-class women. She purposely left out the female aristocracy because they are “weak, artificial beings” (Zeitlin, P. 41) she argues that the high class would be give educational opportunity they would not take it seriously but would remain helpless. She argues that the high class is s self-centered group who only think of themselves.
Wollstonecraft contribution to society is influencing a public school of which boys and girls are educated together from ages 5 to 9. Then after age 9 the children break into different schools that would focus on their contribution to
Rousseau argues that women are not naturally born to be that same as men. Rousseau denies that women have the same intellectual ability and physicalizes of men or boys. mothers should recognize that their daughters are made even weaker than nature intended when their” … limbs and faculties are cramped with worse that Chinese hands” and when …show more content…
… the first duty is to themselves as rational creatures, and the next in point of importance, as citizens, is that, which includes so many, of a mother. The rank in life which dispenses with their fulfilling their duty, necessary degrades them by making theme mere dolls (Zeitlin, P.42)
Where Wollstonecraft contradicts herself is by her only directing her argument of women being educated to the middle-class women rather than including the aristocracy and lower-class women. She purposely left out the female aristocracy because they are “weak, artificial beings” (Zeitlin, P. 41) she argues that the high class would be give educational opportunity they would not take it seriously but would remain helpless. She argues that the high class is s self-centered group who only think of themselves.
Wollstonecraft contribution to society is influencing a public school of which boys and girls are educated together from ages 5 to 9. Then after age 9 the children break into different schools that would focus on their contribution to