Frankenstein Feminist Quotes

Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein and The Modern Prometheus wrote during her life in the eighteenth century. In this time she turned the phrase, “I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” These words were far before the modern twenty-first century movement of feminism. Long before her time she foresaw the problems with the movement and perceptions of it. This quote simply states, women do not need to have power of men but they need to have power over themselves. This quote is true and speaks to the purist nature of equality that true feminists strive for, equality for gender and not one gender over another. To be a feminist like me means to be for nothing but equality. Women and men need to be equal. This does