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- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- ADVERTISEMENT
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
- CHAP. I The rights and involved duties of mankind considered
- CHAP. II The prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed
- CHAP. III The same subject continued
- CHAP. IV Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes
- CHAP. V Animadversions on some of the writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt
- CHAP. VI The effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character
- CHAP. VII Modesty.—Comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue
- CHAP. VIII Morality undermined by sexual notions of the importance of a good reputation
- CHAP. IX Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society
- CHAP. X Parental affection
- CHAP. XI Duty to parents
- CHAP. XII On national education
CHAP. VII - Modesty.—Comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- ADVERTISEMENT
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
- CHAP. I The rights and involved duties of mankind considered
- CHAP. II The prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed
- CHAP. III The same subject continued
- CHAP. IV Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes
- CHAP. V Animadversions on some of the writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt
- CHAP. VI The effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character
- CHAP. VII Modesty.—Comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue
- CHAP. VIII Morality undermined by sexual notions of the importance of a good reputation
- CHAP. IX Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society
- CHAP. X Parental affection
- CHAP. XI Duty to parents
- CHAP. XII On national education
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- A Vindication of the Rights of WomanWith Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, pp. 273 - 297Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1792