Emily Ferris Ms.Taylor NBE 3U June 2nd, 2023 Skating Over Obstacles Jordin Tootoo’s Experience Through Life in the Book All The Way Out of the 7623 players who have been in the NHL since it started in 1917, only 80 of those players were indigenous, which is only one percent. In the book All The Way, Jordin Tootoo provides information and writes about his experience through life as the first Inuit NHL player, encountering plenty of hurdles that threatened his path to success. He overcomes barriers, undergoes grief from the loss of his brother, alcohol addiction, and racism, and ultimately achieves success. In addition, an individual demonstrates resilience, hard work, determination, and never giving up in order to overcome stressful barriers,
She understands that women feel weak and are bullied by men, so she targets the female audience’s delicate emotions toward male oppression to enhance her argument for gender equality. In her introduction, the author employs pathos to engage women’s feelings into her argument, and she uses these emotions to call for women to gain ambition and strength to fight for civil rights. Wollstonecraft tells women that “men endeavor to sink us lower, merely rendering us as alluring objects for a moment” (307). She claims men treat women as “alluring objects,” which expresses her point that men treat women as inferior creatures (307). Also, she directly relates to the female audience when she uses the first person pronoun “us” (307), for she “acknowledges that she too is a victim of oppression” (Smith 559).
Throughout "The Rights of Women," Mary Wollstonecraft carefully constructs her ethos to convince her readers of her authority on the subject matter. She begins by acknowledging her limitations, stating that she is not seeking to establish herself as an extraordinary writer but as a rational thinker with a genuine concern for the welfare of her fellow women. This humility allows her to connect with the reader and establish a shared humanity. Wollstonecraft also draws on her life experiences and intellectual capabilities to emphasize her understanding of the challenges faced by women. Her struggles with limited educational opportunities and societal expectations of women inform her arguments, making her advocacy personal and relatable.
This book was actually published in the year of 1792 (one of the earliest feminist works) by Mary Wollstonecraft that touched on the philosophy of feminist. Mary mentioned that human’s greatest gift is able to Reason, including women. However, women were discouraged to receive education because it was thought “unnecessary” due to women only served as supplement for men. Thus, Mary argued for women’s education for the benefits of her family (Besides, how should a woman void of reflection be capable of educating her children? Ch 5, para 49) or even nation and they should enjoy equal rights with men.
The French Revolution introduced the western world to many enlightened ideas, by inverting societal and global conventions. These enlightened ideals applied to all white-Christian-men. In pursuit of liberty and equality, France’s National Assembly implemented the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens, in 1789 (Perry, 100). This made all men equal under the law, transitioned into a secular nation by weakening clergy's hold on daily life, eliminated a monarchy, and established a governmental body that served to create a democratic parliamentary country. However, in this new revolutionized country, women did not find advancement easily.
“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue” (Buddha). In “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” by Mary Wollstonecraft, the path to virtue is through true education and reason. The effects of virtue are illustrated through an enlightened mind, being morally upright, and being able to live a pleasant life. One achieves virtue when one truly understands what his or her education is for, to not only to be able to learn from today’s society, but also from mistakes made in mankind’s past and try to better it.
In Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792), Wollstonecraft takes a gendered lens to critique what was assumed to be a private institution: the family. However, there are disagreements among scholars concerning the extent of radicalism informed by Wollstonecraft’s position on the dichotomy of the public/private sphere as exhibited in her politicization of the family. Thus, a competing interpretation of Wollstonecraft’s work could be argued as a variant of classical liberalism or embryonic form of feminism. As such, this paper intends to argue that Wollstonecraft’s particular politicization of the family unit is heavily drawn upon both classical liberalism and feminism, and as such her work pioneered liberal feminism.
In the book of vindication of the right of a woman, Wollstonecraft brings out clearly the roles of a woman in her society and how it has led to oppression of women (Wollstonecraft 22). Wollstonecraft believes that men and women are equal given the same environment and empowerment, women can do anything a man can do. In her society, education for women is only aimed at making her look pleasing to men. Women are treated as inferior being and used by men as sex objects. Wollstonecraft believed that the quality of mind of women is the same with that of men, and therefore women should not be denied a chance for formal education that will empower them to be equal with men.
A work of literature should not just provide factual accuracy and a vivid reality, it should transform us in some way. Writers are teachers on some level. We don't just want to just read for the sake of reading, we want to read to give us a different way to look at life, make us think, open our minds, and if a book is successful, it will help us learn something of value . "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" by Mary Wollstonecraft talks about a woman's appeal for equal rights for women including the right to vote. She talks about how women are not just good for raising children and doing housework. "
Mary Wollstonecraft’s A vindication of the rights of women written in 1792 can be considered one of the first feminist documents, although the term appeared much later in history. In this essay, Wollstonecraft debates the role of women and their education. Having read different thinkers of the Enlightenment, as Milton, Lord Bacon, Rousseau, John Gregory and others, she finds their points of view interesting and at the same time contrary to values of the Enlightenment when they deal with women’s place. Mary Wollstonecraft uses the ideas of the Enlightenment to demand equal education for men and women. I will mention how ideals of the Enlightenment are used in favor of men but not of women and explain how Wollstonecraft support her “vindication” of the rights of women using those contradictions.
Mary Wollstonecraft an early feminist philosopher, writes about the ideals of equality and freedom both in her political rebuttal essay “Rights of Men” and her follow-up essay “Vindication of Women” in response to philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Writing the “Vindication of the Rights of Men”, has led her to explore and express her opinions about the inequality of women during the Romantic period. As the opposition to post-revolutionary sentiment, extending rights as a just act to include the upper middle class of men, over maintaining the traditional rights given to men of nobility. Wollstonecraft interjects that women are also a vital importance to society and also deserve allowances of rights.
Wollstonecraft argues for the rights of women in her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. She opposes that only men can receive education. Women are taught by their mother the knowledge of human weakness, “cunning, softness of temper, outward obedience, and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of propriety” (2.2). They should be beautiful, then men will protect them. Wollstonecraft argues that women focus on being beautiful and stay indoors, they can’t really run reason because they depend on men.
The inequality of women has been a long-lasting issue since its existence, with the issue still persisting today. Women have gained more rights over time in great part to efforts made by feminists, however, much progress still needs to be made. Mary Wollstonecraft, often cited as one of the founding feminist philosophers, is a notable feminist whose advocacy and ideas on femininity have acted as a strong influence for the modern conception of feminism. One of Wollstonecraft’s most prominent works in regards to feminism is A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In the piece, Wollstonecraft uses and critiques philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s work titled Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, in order to build a case in defense of a woman’s
A vindication of the rights of woman was the first feminist treatise. In “A vindication of the rights of women” Wollstonecraft argues that true freedom necessitates the equality of both man and women; claims that judging or emotion is superior to passion, and seeks to accepts women to acquire strength of mind and body and aims to convince women that what had traditionally been regarded as womanly virtues are synonymous with weakness. Wollstonecraft`s in support of woman said that education is the key for women to achieve a sense of self-respect that can enable them to live to their full capabilities. The work of Wollstonecraft`s attack thinkers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau who, even while espousing the revolutionary notion that men should not have power over each other, denied the basic rights claimed for women. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is today considered as the foundational texts to liberal
Mary Wollstonecraft is a key figure in the early beginnings of the women’s rights movement. Wollstonecraft, born in 1759, in London, England, experienced firsthand the inequality and oppression expressed towards women during this time. Throughout her life, she fought against her odds and worked to create equality between genders. In her most well-known work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792, Wollstonecraft argues a simple point: women should be as educated as men and be treated with the same respect. Her arguments are straightforward and understandable, which is why they have made such a huge difference in the way women have been viewed and treated.
