intoxicated by adoration
July 28, 2008“The male pursues, the female yields–this is the law of nature; and it does not appear to be suspended or abrogated in favour of woman. This physical superiority cannot be denied–and it is a noble prerogative! But not content with this natural pre-eminence, men endeavour to sink us still lower, merely to render us alluring objects for a moment; and women, intoxicated by the adoration which men, under the influence of their senses, pay them, do not seek to obtain a durable interest in their hearts, or to become the friends of the fellow creatures who find amusement in their society.”
From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft
