Question

But, till men become attentive to the duty of a father, it is vain to expect women to spend that time in their nursery which they, “wise in their generation,” choose to spend at their glass; for this exertion of cunning is only an instinct of nature to enable them to obtain indirectly a little of that power of which they are unjustly denied a share: for, if women are not permitted to enjoy legitimate rights, they will render both men and themselves vicious, to obtain illicit privileges.

–A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,
Mary Wollstonecraft

What ideas in the passage tell more information about the topic of equal rights for women? Check all that apply.

Men need to have more children so they have more practice parenting.
Men are not expected to share responsibility in raising children.
Women engage in vanity because they are denied equal rights.
Women will try to gain power in negative ways when they do not have rights.
When women do not have rights, they can act in ways that negatively affect men.

Answer 1

Correct: Men are not expected to share responsibility in raising children; Women engage in vanity because they are denied equal rights; Women will try to gain power in negative ways when they do not have rights; When women do not have rights, they can act in ways that negatively affect men.

Explanation: Wollstonecraft criticizes men's neglect of fatherly duty, links women's vanity (time at the glass) to being denied legitimate rights, says they use cunning to gain power indirectly, and warns this can make both men and women vicious.