Wollstonecraft compares woman to the flowers "planted in too rich a soil" its "strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty." Just as a woman's physical and mental strength were handicapped then. Corsets and petticoats kept women in bondage while creating a look concurrent with the style of the times. Girls are taught to be subservient to all men as young children, curbing any independence before the girl can get out of control. In today's time we have cosmetic surgery and wonder-bras to help women attract men. And we have magazines and television shows telling us that women ar

Women are "anxious to inspire love, when they ought to cherish a nobler ambition, and by their abilities and virtues exact respect." Even today, some of the brightest women I know would rather spend the night flirting with some dunce than let on that they might actually have a brain and find a guy worth talking to. People say old habits die hard, and dependence, even if a false dependence, is definitely a habit we as women need to kick.

Next Wollstencraft goes into women's education, and how it has improved slightly as compared to the years before, but still had a long way to go. And she points out that maybe these changes are for the wrong reasons. Just like today, young girls educations are being sacrificed. And just like today, this problem is slowly being rectified, but perhaps not with the girls best interests at heart. Studies are done on young girls learning

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