Question

I have repeatedly asserted, and produced what appeared to me irrefragable arguments drawn from matters of fact, to prove my assertion, that women cannot, by force, be confined to domestic concerns; for they will, however ignorant, intermeddle with more weighty affairs, neglecting private duties only to disturb, by cunning tricks, the orderly plans of reason which rise above their comprehension.

–A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,
Mary Wollstonecraft

What central idea does Wollstonecraft explicitly state in this passage?

A lack of education will not make women care only about household issues.
Women are naturally interested only in domestic concerns.
Men do not take into account how cunning and tricky women can be.
Men and women are equally capable of logic and reason.

Answer 1

A lack of education will not make women care only about household issues.

Wollstonecraft explicitly argues that women cannot be confined to domestic concerns — even if ignorant, they will still involve themselves in weightier affairs.