Wollstonecraft Vs Mill

Within these two stories that will be covered and analyzed. There are many arguments in which Mark Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill are on the same page about the rights women should have. They both go about it in different contexts but at the end of their pieces of work the end is complimentary of one another.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s 13 chapters of A Vindication of the Rights of Women states an argument that all human beings are equal and both men and women have the same exposure to reason. All humans should have a chance to pursue and strive for their goals and dreams. She thinks that women’s expectations are a result of social standards and education from a young age. From an early age young girls are being taught that they are less
There are many viewpoints he discusses, so I am going to cover a handful that I feel contributes to his overall stance and what ties into Mary Wollstonecraft’s work as well.
In the first paragraph of Mill’s essay he states that he stands strong for equality. Men and women should not be compared or looked upon differently. He does not like the legality of social relationships between sexes. He later starts to compare women to men like slaves to their master’s. He wanted to set new standards for equality and especially for both genders. Mill says, “the rule of men over women differs from all these others in not being a rule a rule of force: it is accepted voluntarily; women make no complaint, and are consenting parties to it.” He then later writes that men do not solely want the obedience of their women, but love and willingness. He believes that women at a young age are all brought up to believe that they are opposite of men. They are to submissive and to live by their emotions. They are to not live for themselves, but to please others. Mill states there are three things a women must follow- their natural attraction to men, the wife’s dedication to her husband, every privilege or pleasure is a gift from him, and that the principle human pursuit is sought solely through the man for social consideration. These points made men vain and took advantage of women. Men took advantage of women knowing their submissiveness, vulnerability, and desire to be sexual seduced. In Chapter 2, Mill brings up the topic that women are legally bound to men within themselves, property, and income. He compares a wife and marriage to being a slave. The role given to both men and women should not be from their “expected natures”, but if they were given a chance to show their strengths without having prejudice aimed towards them. Mill believes the way women are made to be is still the crudest