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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

Women

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Mary Wollstonecraft is warning that teaching women to rely on others and obey authority without question is dangerous because it encourages blind submission to imperfect people. She questions how such dependence can be justified or limited if it means always accepting the decisions of others, whether they are right or wrong.

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