1. Is Mary Wollstonecraft A Rousseauian?
Some disagreements include; different definitions of the interrelationship of man and woman, views of how nature has envisioned that relationship, and views on how the relationship should work. ... How can Rousseau propose that it is natural for women to educate children about virtue and life, if they themselves have not been taught why it is necessary to be virtuous? If women are taught to inspire love and lust through coquettish means, how are they to teach the virtues of respect, reason, and knowledge? ... There is however, a double standard that Rousseau is setting up; men must be inde...
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