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The Pernicious Effects of Unnatural Distinctions
Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise from the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society
Wollstonecraft extends her argument beyond sex: respect paid to property and rank, like respect paid to beauty, corrupts both those who hold it and those who chase it — inherited distinction, not nature, is the common root of social vice.
Respect for property as a corrupting forceRank and inherited distinctionParallel between the subjection of women and of rank-bound society