Mahometanism
Throughout the Vindication, Wollstonecraft draws examples of
misogyny from Islam, particularly among the Turks (see Introduction 2, 2.2, 2.31, 3.4, and 3.11). Islam
denied that women had souls, and held it was impossible for them to enter
heaven.
See also Frankenstein, 2.6.3
and note.
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