# What Sexual Inequality and Tyranny means in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

> Wollstonecraft condemns the systematic subjugation of women by men, comparing it to political tyranny, and asserts that denying women civil and political rights is unjust and undermines morality.

## Explanation

Wollstonecraft condemns the systematic subjugation of women by men, comparing it to political tyranny, and asserts that denying women civil and political rights is unjust and undermines morality.

She condemns the exclusion of women from civil and political rights as a form of tyranny inconsistent with reason.

Critique of the social system that keeps women in a state of ignorance and dependence.

Wollstonecraft critiques the systematic subjugation of women through arguments that justify male tyranny.

She critiques the sexual character imposed on women and the tyranny that results from their subordination.

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