Mary Wolstonecraft's Argument Against Feminism

In the modern society, there are so many issues that are discussing by the general public. Such as the European migrant crisis, the Zika virus, the energy problem etc. Nevertheless, there is an issue that has been discussing over three centuries, which is the Feminism. The people of the 21st century are still debating that the Feminism is right or wrong. Some people think it is right because they think women should have the rights that equal to the men and women are not as weak as people thought, they could be as strong as or even stronger than men. The objectors think that the rights and the powers that the feminists desire are incorrect and overstated, it could reduce the rights and the benefits of men and the objectors are called ‘antifeminist’.

In this work, Wollstonecraft argues that women should have the rights to be educated because women are the first person that educate their children and they are responsible for educating their kids properly and be a good example for their children. At that time, women are so foolish, stupid and perfunctory but not because they are really mental retardation. The main reason that makes women silly is their lack of proper education. Men hinder women to receive proper education because they consider women should stay at home to be a good mother and a good wife and behave themselves well and a well-educated woman will be considered as dangerous and impractical. The difference between female education and male education causes women become ignorant and illiterate. Therefore, Mary Wollstonecraft realizes that the educational system needs to be innovated; girls should study with the boys, have some physical work out and they should engage in the profession that they train for and strive for. Mary Wollstonecraft also argues that the well-educated women will make their marriage better. She believes that marriage is a social partnership and in order to keep a marriage stably, husband and wife should have the equivalent knowledge and sense and it is beneficial for the mental development, the physical and psychological health and the proper education of their children. Moreover, Wollstonecraft

The contemporary women have the rights and liberties to choose, to do and to love what they want and enjoy the equal rights with men but the women of 18th century can’t enjoy this kind of right. In the future, the feminism will become stronger and stronger because there are more and more female political leaders in the world, such as Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, Germany’s Angela Merkel and South Korea’s Park Geun-hye etc. which shows that women’s abilities could be as good as men and it would change people’s perspective on women can’t be qualified for the leadership jobs. Mary Wollstonecraft has made undeniable contributions on the women rights that the contemporary women are enjoying because she has built the foundation of the