Mary Wollstonecraft:

Men, indeed, appear to me to act in a very unphilosophical manner, when they try to secure the good conduct of women by attempting to keep them always in a state of childhood.

— Mary Wollstonecraft Early Modern

Early feminist philosopher

Context

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Date / Period

1792

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3420/3420-h/3420-h.htm

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: grok

Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

1 source

More from Mary Wollstonecraft

"The great art of pleasing is to appear pleased."

Humorous

"I am not a mere woman, but a rational being."

Strange & Unusual

"Ignorance is a frail base for virtue."

Humorous

"The preposterous distinctions of rank, which render civilization a curse, by hardening one part of the human species, and softening the other, should be abolished."

Controversial

"I have a heart that is too tender to be wounded."

Strange & Unusual

View all sayings from Mary Wollstonecraft