Wollstonecraft states that currently many women are silly and superficial (she refers to them, for example, as "spaniels" and "toys"), but argues that this is not because of an innate deficiency of mind but rather because men have denied them access to education.
Wollstonecraft hævdede, at mange af tidens kvinder var tåbelige og overfladiske, hun refererer til dem som "spaniel” og "legetøj", men taler for, at det ikke skyldes en medfødt mangel i deres intelligens, mere at manden har nægtet dem adgang til uddannelse.