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Quote #10
Ignorance and the mistaken cunning that nature sharpens in weak heads as a principle of self-preservation, render women very fond of dress. (13.42)
Wollstonecraft thinks that women's obsession with dresses and outward beauty are symptoms of the way society warps their minds. She doesn't believe that women are naturally superficial or shallow. It's society's fault for giving them nothing to think about other than looking pretty.