Let every female live perfectly uncontrolled by any man, and enjoying every freedom, which the males only have hitherto enjoyed; let her choose and change her lover as she please, and of whatever rank he may be. At her decease, let her possessions be divided among her children.

Every child might remain with the mother, who might superintend its education. The daughters, arrived at maturity, might follow their inclinations with so little restraint as their brothers, who might quarter themselves on the daughters of other families.

Though both sexes are equal, their employments may be different… Man is designed for active, woman for domestic life. Let males be their own masters, and employ themselves in public affairs; let the females be their own mistresses, and manage their own domestic concerns.