![]() ![]() This phrase is used several times in the Vindication. The need for a "revolution in female manners" Overall, marriage-as-friendship embodies many of the preeminent ideas inherent in classical liberalism: equality, freedom, choice, respect, and virtue. ![]() In terms of sexuality, a husband and wife should not be immoderately swayed by sexual passions but should endeavor to form those deeper ties away from sex. This state of affairs would also result in a more virtuous citizenry at the national level. There would be no petty jealousies and no desire to look for love affairs. Women would not manifest their repression in tyrannizing over their husband and children. Were marriage more like a partnership, both man and woman would be better parents to their children. Women should want to marry a man who is more than a gallant protector or a charming rake men should want to marry a woman who has more to offer than her evanescent beauty. The passion of their courtship will soon give way to the deep harmony of friendship, and they must learn to embrace that change. A husband and wife should be companions and partners and have things in common. Wollstonecraft envisioned an ideal marriage as one that was underpinned by the traits of a good friendship: mutual esteem, respect, generosity, and compromise. ![]()
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