An idea from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Children owe parents respect for care given, not blind obedience for life. Obey until you can judge for yourself, then weigh a parent’s advice by your own reason. Girls are held down harder than boys, and that obedience trains them for a bad marriage.

From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

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