A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

To be completely honest, I do not like the way that Mary Wollstonecraft writes. I think it is very confusing and hard to follow. I really didn't understand much of what she was saying. It was like I was just reading a bunch of random words put together; however, she does seem like a very opinionated woman on this subject. For example, when she says "husbands,..., are often only overgrown children", she is stereotyping all men, saying that they are all just like overgrown children. I do think that comment is funny though. What I can understand from this essay is that Mary Wollstonecraft is upset at the way men and women are differnent, and she is very upset at the fact that men seem "superior" to women.

The part where Mary Wollstonecraft writes, "and should they be beautiful, everything else is needless, for, at least, twenty years of their lives" is exactly how people used to think in the past. If a girl was beautiful that's all she used to need because then she would find a man and have a family, etc. I am very glad that times have changed, because if I had grown up in a time period where things were like that I would not have taken that from anyone, and it'd be very hard to deal with men thinking that way.

Since Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this essay, things for women have changed dramatically. Women are beginning to seem more equal to men and have just as much, if not more, power than men in some situations. Sure, women aren't seen perfectly as equal as men, but it's a big step from what Mary Wollstonecraft has written about. I think she would be very impressed with the women in the past who have stepped up and shown that they will not be seen as inferior to men.