The Enlightenment, which began in the late 17th century, was a period of intellectual, philosophical, social and cultural advancement. Writers during the Enlightenment relied on reason to back the arguments they created in their plays, essays, poems, etc. The structure of the social hierarchy, religion, and education were ideas that were commonly written about in this period. In Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women, she addresses the obvious social superiority men have over women due to their opportunity to receive an education. She discusses how men who have not received an education are still superior due to their freedom: "Where is the sexual difference when the education has been the same? All the difference that I can
