My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.
Early feminist philosopher
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"Men are not more naturally brave than women, nor more naturally rational. They are only rendered so by education."
Strange & Unusual"I am a solitary being, who has no ties to bind her to the world."
Strange & Unusual"Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable—and life is more than a dream."
Strange & Unusual"The desire of being always admired is the reason why women are so often useless."
Controversial"Let us then, by way of experiment, suppose that women are allowed to acquire knowledge like men, and that their minds are not habituated to the slavish dependence that makes them become the abject too…"
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