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Fordyce (1720-1796) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister who was popular in London in the 1760s and 1770s, known especially for his rhetorical skill and emphasis on topics relevant to daily life. He is best known for the sermon collection published in 1766 as Sermons for Young Women, which Wollstonecraft scathingly attacks in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
James Fordyce Quotes in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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I particularly object to the lover-like phrases of pumped up passion, which are every where interspersed. If women be ever allowed to walk without leading-strings, why must they be cajoled into virtue by artful flattery and sexual compliments? — Speak to them the language of truth and soberness, and away with the lullaby strains of condescending endearment! Let them be taught to respect themselves as rational creatures, and not led to have a passion for their own insipid persons. It moves my gall to hear a preacher descanting on dress and needle-work; and still more, to hear him address the British fair, the fairest of the fair, as if they had only feelings.
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James Fordyce Quotes in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Chapter 5
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I particularly object to the lover-like phrases of pumped up passion, which are every where interspersed. If women be ever allowed to walk without leading-strings, why must they be cajoled into virtue by artful flattery and sexual compliments? — Speak to them the language of truth and soberness, and away with the lullaby strains of condescending endearment! Let them be taught to respect themselves as rational creatures, and not led to have a passion for their own insipid persons. It moves my gall to hear a preacher descanting on dress and needle-work; and still more, to hear him address the British fair, the fairest of the fair, as if they had only feelings.
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