An idea from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Stop flattering women’s pretty graces and treat them as grown people who can stand alone. The first goal for anyone is “to obtain a character as a human being, regardless of the distinction of sex.”

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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