18. THE PROMISE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, 1750

Quiz for Contrasting Views for Chapter 18

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Contrasting Views: Women and the Enlightenment

Question 18.6

1. Rousseau says, “The male is only a male at certain moments; the female all her life, or at least throughout her youth.” Why would Beaumer and Macaulay object to this?

Because they did not like Rousseau’s emphasis on breastfeeding

Because they did not like Rousseau’s emphasis on women needing to be careful during pregnancy

Because they do not like Rousseau’s emphasis on women’s importance in the family

Because they do not like the implication that women’s intellects are inferior to men’s

Question 18.7

2. What would Beaumer and Macaulay find objectionable about Rousseau’s ideas of female education?

That he is primarily interested in their roles as mothers

That he is primarily interested in their roles as wives

That he thinks they should only be educated to be useful and pleasing to men

That he thinks women should be educated at all

Question 18.8

3. What do Beaumer and Macaulay want for women?

The right to vote

Equal rights in marriage

Education in the arts and sciences

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