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Mary Wollstonecraft was a prolific feminist critic and philosopher who achieved prominence with the publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792. When Wollstonecraft died in childbirth, Godwin wrote a memoir that discusses her love affairs with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay, which made Wollstonecraft's private life public and brought disgrace to her.
Wollstonecraft's work critiques the position of women in a patriarchal set-up, which is highly misogynistic in nature. Her writings serve as an example of a proto-feminist approach, which tends to discuss how women accept their subjugation and accept slavery as a duty. Wollstonecraft stressed the importance of education for women. In A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Wollstonecraft rejects the conventional approach, which categorised women as naturally weak and inferior to men. She sees education as the only means to enable women to participate in society and believes that the lack of education keeps women in a secondary position. Her idea, that women play a crucial role in shaping a society through their participation in bringing up children, was downrightly rejected by the Marxist-feminist thinkers.
Which idea best reflects Wollstonecraft's critique of patriarchy?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The passage states that Wollstonecraft's writings discuss "how women accept their subjugation and accept slavery as a duty." It also mentions she "stressed the importance of education for women" and saw it as "the only means to enable women to participate in society and believes that the lack of education keeps women in a secondary position." Option A directly reflects these points by suggesting that education can help women understand and contest their position.