Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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The Relationship Between Men and Women
Wolstoncraft says there is a pattern in male female relationships that can be seen in other forms of political relationship. For instance, it's like the relationship between a tyrant and his court or her court. A tyrant does not have to be a man, though it almost always is a man. She says explicitly that tyrants are corrupted by their tyranny, just as men are corrupted by own power.
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