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Mary Wollstonecraft

If women be educated for dependence that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?

Mary Wollstonecraft

Power

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Mary Wollstonecraft warns that teaching women to rely on others and obey authority without question is dangerous because it encourages blind submission. She questions how such dependence can be justified or limited when it involves following someone who can make mistakes.

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