what is the theme of mary, lady chudleight's poem "to the Ladies>" what advice does she give to women

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Have you read this?

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/ladies.html

You should have no trouble answering those questions if you have read this!
Yes but i honestly do not understand it.
Tell me in YOUR words what she means in the first 4 lines:

Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the Name:
For when that fatal Knot is ty'd,
Which nothing, nothing can divide:
And these lines? I think these are VERY clear:

Like Mutes she Signs alone must make,
And never any Freedom take:
But still be govern'd by a Nod, [15]
And fear her Husband as her God:
Him still must serve, him still obey,
And nothing act, and nothing say,
But what her haughty Lord thinks fit,


(I've put some obvious thoughts in bold!!)
And here's her advice to women:

Then shun, oh! shun that wretched State,
And all the fawning Flatt'rers hate:
Value your selves, and Men despise,
You must be proud, if you'll be wise.

Do you know what "shun" means?
http://www.answers.com/shun
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