Wollstonecraft "A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman" Research Of Female Virtue Thought

Mary Wollstonecraft is the main representative of early liberal feminism.Her best-known book, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" is recognized as the first women’s theoretical work with world influence. And is known as "the cornerstone of feminism".Wollstonecraft felt sad for women in the society at that time are narrow-minded and ignorant.She from her own experience,in-depth analysed of the cause of the poor women and re-examined the female moral subjectivity.She acutely discovered the traditional ethics and the patriarchal society emphasizes the male authority,neglect women’s rational ability,deny women moral subjectivity.She dared to challenge the patriarchal society of gender bias, defend the moral subjectivity of women.She tried to through rational education, cultivate women’s rational ability, so that women use their own reason to fulfill their civic responsibilities, including wives and mothers. And fight for female independence,access to female virtue.The formation of female virtue thought of Wollstonecraft has its particular realistic background and theoretical background.Economically, the Industrial Revolution strengthened the subservient status of women.Politically, the French Revolution of freedom and equality inspired women to pursue their rights.Ideologically, the Enlightenment of rationalism evoked the awakening of women.Wollstonecraft’s personal circumstances promoted the formation of female virtue thought.Classical liberalism provided theoretical support for her female virtue thought.Wollstonecraft think female virtue is the affirmation of the moral subjectivity of women.It is the result of using the rational.It is a unity of spirit beauty and body beauty.She thinks the main items of female virtue includes modesty, chastity and independent.Wollstonecraft propose the ways to cultivate women virtue include rational education, the cultivation of the citizen responsibility consciousness and common construction between men and women. Wollstonecraft’s female virtue thought has extremely important theoretical significance and practical significance of the Western feminism.And it also has important significance for female virtue construction of our country.