The Problem with Rousseau

After re-reading some of the passages where Wollstonecraft rallys against Rousseau, I thought a bit on exactly why Wollstonecraft was so vividly opposed to his works on Inequality and the perfectability of man. I've read a small portion of Discourse, and while Wollstonecraft may very well disagree on many of the issues, how exactly beating these text in with the crowbar of rhetoric relates to the rights of women is beyond me. Rousseau's real feminine maddening work must be agreed on as Emelie. In Emelie Rousseau argues that women are for the pleasure of men, and thus, women should not have the same education as men. Wollstonecraft disagrees, as well as she should, and says that women should be educated equally to preserve the patriotism of their offspring and to bring companionship to their husbands rather than servility. The basic "good of the country" argument, and while not exactly feminist at its core, at least she was getting somewhere. However, her bashing of Rousseau's other ideals seems out of step with the rest of her argument, at least to me. She feels vindictive, and maybe she should be, and while most of her points make perfect sense, why exactly are they in this text? Of course maybe I'm just not reading closely enough.