Vindication of the Rights of Women Critical

Feminism, the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes, might be a joke for some men even though we’re in the 21st century, but not for Mary Wollstonecraft; an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women’s rights is the author of Vindication of Right of Women. She energizes her writing of how great and different the world would be if women were taken more serious politically and socially. She wanted women to be well educated as men and as respected and important as men as well.

Out all of 13 chapters written, I personally found chapter 12 the most compelling and I feel as if we’re following her wishes focusing in education. 

Chapter XII On National Education focuses on how much Wollstonecraft wants the government to create a public school’s system where boy and girls from all walks of life could come together and learn. This specifically wants of Mary has become to more than the reality. It has become the most important aspect of education overall in the United States. Public schools, which are completely free were about 98,817 during the 2009-2010 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. 

According to the U.S. Department of Education. This covers about 90% of the students in the United States, as only a 10% percent and decreasing goes to privates schools. Although privates still exist, if Mary Wollstonecraft were to be alive she’ll be satisfied with how many more kids attend to public/internationals/unisex schools nowadays. Fear of change and innovation are horrible for society, Wollstonecraft believed. Is surprisingly and unexpected how in a few words today’s society can be defined. 

As we usually see men as the leaders and source or providers of power, we let women aside as if they did not have the capacity to do as equal or better than men. One of the greatest examples of how men are still more powerful than women is how the United States chose Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton even though most of his speeches and action are irrefutable. It might sound obvious or feminist but as a rising young woman, I expect more from our government and from our society when it comes to act and makes decisions that will determine my future. To finalize, I will clarify that although our society has changed in terms of empowering women and becoming more open-minded we still live in a world where men are and will always be seen more capable than women and where social differences will always exist. It is sad for me to say that we’re still living back in the 19th century.

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