Wollstonecraft's critique of rousseau in a vindication of the rights of women
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Jean-Jacques was a French philosopher who was famous for his ideas about human civilization and the "social contract" that binds all the people in a society together. He was actually super progressive in some of his ideas; but when it comes to gender, the guy's thinking is as antiquated as it gets.
Wollstonecraft quotes him as saying, "It being once demonstrated […] that man and woman are not, nor ought to be, constituted alike in temperament and character, it follows of course that they should not be educated in the same manner" (5.8).
Or in other words, Rousseau believes that men and women have different biological destinies, which means that society should treat each gender very differently.
Continuing with his thoughts on the genders, Rousseau writes, "The men depend on the women only on account of their desires; the women on the men both on account of their desires and their necessities: we could subsist better without them than they without us" (5.9).
He's saying that women need men more than the other way around, which means that men should pretty much treat women in whatever way they want. But Wollstonecraft isn't about to sit around and let these arguments stand. She devotes an entire chunk of this book to showing why a person's biology shouldn't completely determine what they get to do with their life
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Wollstonecraft quotes him as saying, "It being once demonstrated […] that man and woman are not, nor ought to be, constituted alike in temperament and character, it follows of course that they should not be educated in the same manner" (5.8).
Or in other words, Rousseau believes that men and women have different biological destinies, which means that society should treat each gender very differently.
Continuing with his thoughts on the genders, Rousseau writes, "The men depend on the women only on account of their desires; the women on the men both on account of their desires and their necessities: we could subsist better without them than they without us" (5.9).
He's saying that women need men more than the other way around, which means that men should pretty much treat women in whatever way they want. But Wollstonecraft isn't about to sit around and let these arguments stand. She devotes an entire chunk of this book to showing why a person's biology shouldn't completely determine what they get to do with their life
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