SOME INSTANCES OF THE FOLLY WHICH THE IGNORANCE OF WOMEN GENERATES; WITH CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON THE MORAL IMPROVEMENT THAT A REVOLUTION IN FEMALE MANNERS MIGHT NATURALLY BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE.
There are many follies, in ſome degree, peculiar to women: ſins againſt reaſon of commiſſion as well as of omiſſion; but all flowing from ignorance or prejudice, I ſhall only point out ſuch as appear to be particularly injurious to their moral character. And in animadverting on them, I wiſh eſpecially to prove, that the weakneſs of mind and body, which men have endeavoured, impelled by various motives, to perpetuate, prevents their diſcharging the peculiar duty of their ſex: for when weakneſs of body will not permit them to ſuckle their children, and weakneſs of mind makes them ſpoil their tempers—is woman in a natural ſtate?
One glaring inſtance of the weakneſs which proceeds from ignorance, firſt claims attention, and calls for ſevere reproof.
In this metropolis a number of lurking leeches infamouſly gain a ſubſiſtence by practiſing on the
