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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Week Two Discussion Questions
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Week 2 post is up on my blog. You can go here to read the post, if you desire: https://greatbookstudy.blogspot.com/2...
Otherwise, here are four discussion posts for chapters IV and V:
Discussion Questions:
How about you? Are any of Wollstonecraft's ideas changing the way you think? Is there anything you disagree with, even some of her comments about minor details that I did not bring up? (She had some odd things to say about polygamy.)
Share a favorite quote.
Prior to reading this work thus far, did you know anything about Jacques Rousseau? If so, what was your opinion about him before? Has it changed now? What works of his did you read? Would you be interested in reading anything by him in the future?
What do you think of her argument that love (or lust, I think) diminishes in marriage and why equality should exist so that a woman is her husband's friend, equal in ability to reason and discern? (I personally believe lust diminishes, as maturity in love grows deeper. Love is more of an act than an emotion, even though we use it as such.)