I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
empowerment, equality, freedom, gender, independence, men, reason, self-determination, submission, superiority, women, women-s-rights