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Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft
If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation

If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Society
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Taught from infancy that beauty is womans sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Beauty
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On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You cant see the person for all the clutter. – Julie Andrews

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Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top. – Jessica Savitch

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If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which Im still waiting, its all been to seduce women basically. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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I dont mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone elses object. – Tori Amos

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