1. Why does Wollstonecraft think women and soldiers are
alike?
2. In what sense does Wollstonecraft argue that men and
women should be treated alike? And in what sense should they be treated
differently?
3. Today there is an enormous industry devoted to making
products and providing services to make women attractive. What would
Wollstonecraft say?
4. How does slavery as described by Douglass compare with
the inequalities analyzed by Rousseau in his Discourse?
5. Douglass inveighs against slavery in the US. Where does
Aristotle’s justification of slavery fit into this dialogue?
Application: What steps in current US education should be
taken to realize Wollstonecraft’s goals?
Application: Is ‘affirmative action’ (laws that all
universities and agencies) to make special standards for admitting or hiring)
steps toward the demands that either Wollstonecraft or Douglass made?
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