1. What aspects of women’s lives does Wollstonecraft seem interested in changing? Why?
2. Wollstonecraft quotes Pope’s famous line “Whatever is, is right.” How does she interpret this line? Does she agree with Pope?
3. Do you think women are still raised to be “pleasing”? Why or why not?
4. What does Wollstonecraft have to say about marriage? In her view, what would allow a woman to be a good wife and mother?
I believe that Wollstonecraft is interested in changing the way woman are viewed in society. Their role of just pleasing men, cooking, cleaning and not having their own independence. A woman would be more attractive if she is independent and doesn’t rely on him for everything. Wollstonecraft states how a woman should respect themselves instead of obeying everything they say. Women are looked at as weak and passive when both men and women should be looked at the same.
In my opinion, I hold the belief that the contemporary women are still raised to be “pleasing”. As a matter of fact, there are numerous women are dependent on the husband, who spend almost all their working and leisure time on dealing with all kinds of housework at home, like taking care of children, preparing the food, cleaning and so on…Indeed, they may own high education or have ever possessed a satisfied salary before they get married and build up a family. However, when they considered about how to balance the relationship between the job and the family, most of them would decide to give up the former and work as a housewife who are not able to be independent from their husband. In the other word, they seem as the vulnerable group in the society and they are the same as past who still raised to be “pleasing”.
Wollstonecraft quotes Pope’s famous line “Whatever is, is right.” In chapter 5 of A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman. Wollstonecraft idea is that God may look at the world, and see everything as dandy and good, but she can see wrong. She says God sees the whole world at once but it is a man’s or the peoples job to find the little things wrong. She does not agree with Pope, to just let things be because all is right in the world, she believes that she was created to fight against where she sees injustice.
I do not think women are still raised to be “pleasing” in the same way as in the late 1800’s. The world we live in today is much different than France in the late 1800’s. Today, there is a different meaning to the word “pleasing”. In the 18th century “pleasing” was used to describe chores or actions women would do to please their husbands. However, now in the 21st century women are educated to be pleasing to themselves just as men. Instead of being “pleasing” for just the opposite sex, now women and men alike are educated equally to be pleasing for themselves and others.
When Wollstonecraft refers to Pope Alexander’s “Essay On Man” in her piece, she does so on the ground of using logos to persuade her audience of equal rights for women. Wollstonecraft knows her readers are men during a time where rationality and reason are highly valued so she speaks to them in a language that they understand. By referring to Pope Alexander, she works towards reaching all diverse crowds of men, from the logic driven ones to the pious. She makes the claims that if “whatever is, is right,” then she is right in trying to correct the wrongs that she sees around her because that simply part of who she “is.”
Wollstonecraft doesn’t squander a ton of time in coming to the heart of the matter in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . She says from the get-go that humankind’s most noteworthy blessing is its capacity to reason. Also, since men and ladies are conceived with a similar capacity to reason, ladies ought to appreciate the same amount of training, power, and impact in the public eye as men do. The main reason ladies don’t appear as shrewd as men, she says, is on account of they aren’t given a similar instruction. The one thing she will concede is that men may have preference in physical quality. In any case, in a present day development, this preferred standpoint shouldn’t generally mean anything. For a man of his word living in Wollstonecraft’s opportunity, there were not very many (assuming any) events in life where he would be called upon to utilize the majority of his quality. When she gets into her contention, Wollstonecraft pursues a few scholars who have asserted that ladies’ instruction ought to concentrate exclusively on making young ladies satisfying to men. At the end of the day, famous assessment in Wollstonecraft’s opportunity expresses that ladies shouldn’t occupied themselves with an excessive amount of perusing or contemplating. They ought to concentrate on dressing pleasantly and being peaceful.
Mary Wollstonecraft is very interested in changing the lives of women for the better during the late 1700’s. She elaborates on how men and women should have the exacts same opportunities and overall rights. Today, we see this belief as feminism. She believed that men and women have the exacts same capabilities to do things, and no one should be subservient of the other. She has a ver feministic view, due to the fact that she lived as a women in the late 1700’s and knows how restricted women were from doing particular things.
Do you think women are still raised to be “pleasing”? Why or why not?
I do not believe women are still raised to be “pleasing” as they were back in the 1800’s as they have more rights, liberty, and equal opportunities as men. Back in the day, “pleasing” used to describe activities and actions women engaged in to satisfy their husbands. However, today that word has a completely different meaning, and it involves being educated and independent. In fact, they are now taught to please themselves rather than exist to please the opposite sex and have become a dominant force in the modern day society.
2. Wollstonecraft quotes Pope’s famous line “Whatever is, is right.” How does she interpret this line? Does she agree with Pope?
When Wollstonecraft quotes Pope’s famous line “Whatever is, is right” she takes a different approach to interpreting it than Pope. With respect to God, she agrees with the suggestion that whatever is, is right, as God is an omnipotent being that sees the universe from all aspects and is above the limitations of man. However she believes that man being a mere piece to the system is not subject to the same boundaries of this proposal. Man as a part of the system, is supposed to adapt, and whatever changes come about from man is a piece of the inherent rightfulness in all that is.
Do you think women are still raised to be “pleasing”? Why or why not?
I do not think that woman are still being raised to be pleasing. Woman used to be raised to be submissive, and pleasing to their husbands. They were raised to think they were lower than men. As well as incapable of having the same achievements that men were able to have. Today in some societies this idea still remains. But over all most women are being raised to be independent and pleasing to themselves rather than a husband. They are being thought the values that should have been thought from the beginning of time. Woman have proven themselves to be no lesser than men. Woman also are being raised with the importance of education in their lives. More and More woman are reaching high places in education, government, and work.
Do you think women are still raised to be “pleasing”? Why or why not?
In my opinion, women are no longer raised to be “pleasing”. Back then, that was one of the main reasons a woman was raised; to satisfy her husband and uphold a certain demeanor that would reflect on her significant other. This has however changed over the years. Women are now seen to be their own person in many parts of the world; individuals who can choose how to dictate their lives. Rather than being raised to be married off, women are now raised to be strong and wise and to take on positions that rival those of men. Society has come far in participating in a different narrative, but at times we still see many instances where the world is stuck back then and hasn’t uprooted to the current times. From my point of view, however, I’ve seen that many families, even in third world countries, value a woman’s life and education; it is not merely in existence for the sake of men.
In american society Women are no longer raised to be pleasing. Many of the women that I know do not desire to have Babies anytime soon until they have reached their goals. This shows that they have become selfish for the right reasons and have put themselves as priority. On the other hand, hispanic women live more of a traditional lifestyle where the husband still controls everything and the women is there to succumb to his will.
I believe that Wollstonecraft is interested in changing the way women of viewed in society by men. Before this was written women were looked at only be good for cleaning, reproduction and other home duties. I find it impressive how she used reverse psychology to get her message across. If i was alive during this time and was reading this i would do what i needed to do to not be cheated on. If women are more independent then they would not need a man’s direction and would be able to integrate in more jobs and a new more thrilling lifestyle like men lived at that time.