The Second SexThe essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.” —Vogue |
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Page 11
... animal neither reliable nor stable " is called on , whereas the unmarried woman is recognized as capable of managing her own affairs . Montaigne well understood the arbitrariness and injustice of the lot assigned to women : " Women are ...
... animal neither reliable nor stable " is called on , whereas the unmarried woman is recognized as capable of managing her own affairs . Montaigne well understood the arbitrariness and injustice of the lot assigned to women : " Women are ...
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... animal , seems despicable and an enemy to man , it is obviously because of the disquieting hostility woman triggers in him . Nevertheless , he wants to find a justification in biology for this feeling . The word " female " evokes a ...
... animal , seems despicable and an enemy to man , it is obviously because of the disquieting hostility woman triggers in him . Nevertheless , he wants to find a justification in biology for this feeling . The word " female " evokes a ...
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... animal egg ; in 1827 , Baer identified the mammal's egg : an element contained inside Graaf ' s follicle . Soon its structure could be studied ; in 1835 , the sarcode — that is , the protoplasm - and then the cell were discovered ; in ...
... animal egg ; in 1827 , Baer identified the mammal's egg : an element contained inside Graaf ' s follicle . Soon its structure could be studied ; in 1835 , the sarcode — that is , the protoplasm - and then the cell were discovered ; in ...
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... animals , among them mollusks , gamete specification does not lead to individual specification , as they produce both ova and sperm . Even when the sexes separate , the barriers between them are not tight like those that separate ...
... animals , among them mollusks , gamete specification does not lead to individual specification , as they produce both ova and sperm . Even when the sexes separate , the barriers between them are not tight like those that separate ...
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... animals and human beings ; and in butterflies and crustaceans there are examples of gynandromorphism in which male and female characteristics are juxtaposed in a kind of mosaic . Genotypically defined , the fetus is nevertheless deeply ...
... animals and human beings ; and in butterflies and crustaceans there are examples of gynandromorphism in which male and female characteristics are juxtaposed in a kind of mosaic . Genotypically defined , the fetus is nevertheless deeply ...
Contents
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Chapter 1 | 71 |
Chapter 3 | 90 |
Chapter 4 | 104 |
Chapter 5 | 126 |
Introduction | 279 |
Chapter 5 | 439 |
Chapter 8 | 599 |
From Maturity to Old Age | 619 |
Chapter to Womans Situation and Character | 638 |
The Narcissist | 667 |
The Woman in Love | 683 |
The Mystic | 709 |
Chapter 1 | 159 |
Chapter 2 | 214 |
Claudel or the Handmaiden of the Lord | 237 |
Chapter 3 | 266 |
The Independent Woman | 721 |
Conclusion | 753 |
Selected Sources | 767 |
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