Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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Women Might Vote
She gestures at the idea that women should be full participants in the life of the state. But she doesn't so much as make it an argument for letting women vote. The vast majority of people, all women, most men, lived under arbitrary power. If women can vote, there is no reason to deny the vote to all those men who are subject to arbitrary rule too. This is a radical, truly radical argument for a genuine kind of equality. It's not just a brave book, but it's really bracing."
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