Wednesday, September 29, 2004

The Vindication of the Rights of Women

Women are told from their infancy and taught by the example of their mothers,
that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning,
softness of temper, 'outward' obedience and a scrupuous attention
to a pureile kind of propriety, will obtain for them the protection of man...

Mary Wollstonecraft
" The Vindication of the Rights of Women "
1792, p. 33

1 Comments:

Blogger Ace said...

pfffttt. women can protect themselves. conditioning is another story.

10:48 PM  

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