...object of woman in creation : " Women are specially made to please men. All their education should be relative to men. To please them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honored by them, to bring them up when young, to take care of them when grown up, to counsel, to...

...of women. Opinion, which is the tomb of virtue among men, is among women its high throne. The whole education of women ought to be relative to men ; to...them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honoured by them, to console them, to render their lives agreeable and sweet to them, — these...

...conceive that the woman is educated for any other purpose than to be suited to the man. He says, ' all the education of women ought to be relative to...pleasant, such have been the duties of women in all time.' If we do not accede to this principle we shall not go straight to our point. Sophie is to learn...

...conceive that the woman is educated for any other purpose than to be suited to the man. He says, " All the education of women ought to be relative to...console them, to render their lives agreeable and pleasant—such have been the duties of women in all time.'3 If wo do not accede to this principle...

...views were not broad. "All the education of women," he says, " ought to be relative to men. To please them, to make themselves loved by them, to bring them...pleasant — such have been the duties of women in all ages." It is difficult to resist the temptation unduly to multiply quotations from this brilliant book....

...views were not broad. "All the education of women," he says, " ought to be relative to men. To please them, to make themselves loved by them, to bring them...to counsel them, to console them, to render their Kves agreeable and pleasant — such have been the duties of women in all ages." It is difficult to...

...their manners, their passions, their tastes, their pleasures, and even their happiness. Thus the whole education of women ought to be relative to men. To...them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honored by them, to educate them when young, to care for them when grown, to counsel them, to console...

...form. She ought to learn multitudes of things, but only those which it befits her to know. The whole education of women ought to be relative to men — to please them, to be useful to them, to make them happy 260-263 In both sexes the first culture ought to be that of the body. Women need sufficient...

...of the latter. ' Women,' he said, ' are specially made to please men.' 'All their education should be relative to men. To please them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honoured by them, to bring them up when young, to take care of them when grown up, to counsel,...

...of the latter. ' Women,' he said, ' are specially made to please men.' 'All their education should be relative to men. To please them, to be useful to them, to make themselves loved and honoured by them, to bring them up when young, to take care of them when grown up, to counsel,...