Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Mary WollstonecraftTag: women beauty feminism misogyny inequality stereotypes conditioning
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.
Mary WollstonecraftTag: strength empowerment equality gender reason men women feminism self-determination misogyny hypocrisy independence rationality stereotypes flattery double-standards self-sufficiency clichés social-norms women-s-rights
...men endeavor to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under the influence of their senses, pay them, do not seek to obtain a durable interest in their hearts, or to become the friends of the fellow creatures who find amusement in their society.
Mary WollstonecraftTag: womens-rights
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
Mary WollstonecraftTag: wise true celebrity-culture
Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation of mind to keep awake affection, even in our own hearts, than the common run of people suppose.
Mary WollstonecraftSurely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.
Mary WollstonecraftI never wanted but your heart--that gone, you have nothing more to give.
Mary WollstonecraftTag: heartbreak
Svijet ne mogu promatrati oni koje ništa ne može ganuti..
Mary WollstonecraftČovječnost ne postoji "u preosjetljivu uhu", rekao je jedan istaknuti govornik. "Ona pripada umu i živcima.
Mary WollstonecraftI love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
Mary WollstonecraftTag: empowerment equality gender reason men women freedom self-determination independence superiority submission women-s-rights
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