Mary Wollstonecraft 
Wrote 'A Vindication on the Rights of Woman' 
In 1792 
And stated that 
That the low status of women 
And the way in which 
Society, and women themselves, 
Perceived women 
As individuals, and as a sex, 
As weak and inferior 
Would be done away with 
If women received a decent 
Education 

But today we find 
In 2013 
That even educated women 
Are still relegated secondary status 
Are still perceived as weak and inferior 
Because the society in which we live 
Says that women 
Are mere sex objects 
And things for looking upon 

We live in a time where educated women 
Choose 
To be viewed and judged 
By their looks and sexiness 
Appear spread eagled and naked in magazines and videos and online 
Use sex 
As a way to pay for their education 

We live in a time 
Where even if you have a college degree 
You have to stand up and say 
No. 
My body is my own 
And not yours to oggle and coddle 
Please listen to what I have to say 
Not how I look as I say it 

Where does this leave 
A Vindication on the Rights of Woman? 
Yes, we must educate girls and women 
We must learn maths and science 
And drama and music 
And history and English 
And languages and sport 
We must be equipped with knowledge and skills 
We must go out into the world 

But we also must educate boys and men 
To treat women with respect 
To not fear women with power 
To learn how to speak with women 
(And about women) 
With terminology that doesn't involve sex or beauty or derogatory statements 

Women are still weak and inferior 
Because the misogynistic system 
That has been in place 
For millenia 
Has not yet been replaced 
With a system 
Of education 
That teaches compassion, and respect, and humanity 
Above looks and impressions and sex 

So yes 
Teach girls and women to be strong 
But teach boys and men 
To be okay with the shift 
That says women are no longer inferior 
But equal 
That is the vindication I seek. 

The end.