HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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advocated equality for men and women
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believed that the government needed to serve the general will of the people
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believed that an absolute monarch could rule and keep the peace
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believed that a good government would need to have a system of checks and balances to avoid corruption
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Detailed explanation-1: -While Wollstonecraft does call for equality between the sexes in particular areas of life, such as morality, she does not explicitly state that men and women are equal. She claims that men and women are equal in the eyes of God.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mary Wollstonecraft, married name Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, (born April 27, 1759, London, England-died September 10, 1797, London), English writer and passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women.
Detailed explanation-3: -The basis for Wollstonecraft’s argument for equality between men and women is intellectual, but also political and financial, as she argues that women should be included in the political sphere and should be able to financially support themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aristotle on Gender Equality. Based on his writings in the Republic and most of the Dialogues, Plato was seemingly open to the potential equality of men and women. Plato believed in metempsychosis (essentially reincarnation), that the human soul was sexless and could change genders from life to life.