Olympe de GOUGES and Mary Wollstonecraft

Choose one of the seventeen items in De Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” that seems particularly interesting to you and explain its meaning. Look up any unfamiliar words or terms.
In Stanza one, “Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions can be based only upon common utility.” This is referring that a woman can do a mans work ability. This quote means it doesn’t matter how tough the workload can be; a woman is brave to accomplish it as well.
What do Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollstonecraft seem to be saying about marriage? What do you make of their concerns?
Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges seems to be thinking that if a woman does get married they will have to depend on their partner and will do many things to please so men wont leave them. The main difference De Gouges recognized such as which men will leave their partners are they get exhausted of them. Wollstonecraft emphasized that a women will not be loyal and have pleasure with other men if their man lost interest. These two point of views overwhelm us because this shows that an only thing woman were told in society was by that woman needed to be a great house caretaker. In addition women weren’t able to receive similar education as men which make them to have less opportunities and make them depend on their loved one for financial success.
What is it like to read these two 18th century texts in the 21st century? Describe one issue that De Gouges and Wollstonecraft address that still seems relevant to us today.
An issue that Wollstonecraft and Olympe De Gouges speak on that would be seeming to be relevant in todays society is gender roles. For instance, in today’s society more men are construction workers than woman and many woman fashion designers than men. Society has this upbringing and expectation for each gender role.

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