This chapter argues that Cavendish holds that men and women are for the most part equal in their abilities and capacities. Some texts in her corpus present women negatively, but I argue that they all square with the more feminist view that appears in the passages that are predominant. Her non-fiction philosophical treatises, where she writes in her own voice, make clear that she embraces the view that differences in ability between women and men are due to surrounding societal conditions that are more favorable to men than to women. She then illustrates the view – and the sinews and joints of the societal conditions in question – in the imaginary worlds of her fiction. She transports women into scenarios that are as supportive to women as they are to men, and in which women flourish.