How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
He advises them to cultivate a fondness for dress, because a fondness for dress, he asserts, is natural to them. (2.37)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau advises young ladies to dress up and look pretty because a love for dressing up and looking pretty is natural for them. But here's the weird thing: why would they have to be encouraged if this behavior is so natural to them? You don't have to, for example, encourage a person to drink water when they're thirsty.
Quote #2
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners. (3.25)
Wollstonecraft thinks that that only way for women to move forward is to demand better access to education, and make men rethink the importance of manners. The focus can no longer be on appearance and nicety. People need to care about higher things like philosophy and morality.
Quote #3
I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society. (4.18)
Many people in Wollstonecraft's time would have thought she was crazy for saying that she'd like to see the lines between men and women blurred. But the truth is that she's sick and tired of the distinction between a "masculine" focus on intelligence and a "feminine" focus on appearances.