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 32
... coitus and laying ; and in the case of rotifers and mosquitoes , the male , lacking a digestive apparatus , sometimes perishes after fertilization , while the female can feed herself and survive : egg formation and laying take time ...
... coitus and laying ; and in the case of rotifers and mosquitoes , the male , lacking a digestive apparatus , sometimes perishes after fertilization , while the female can feed herself and survive : egg formation and laying take time ...
Page 33
... coitus on her ; sometimes he has to fight off other males . Accordingly , the organs of locomotion , touch , and prehension are also often more developed ; many female butterflies are apterous , whereas their males have wings ; males ...
... coitus on her ; sometimes he has to fight off other males . Accordingly , the organs of locomotion , touch , and prehension are also often more developed ; many female butterflies are apterous , whereas their males have wings ; males ...
Page 34
... coitus ; the male embraces the female and this embrace stimulates the laying : while the eggs are coming out of the cloaca , the male lets out his sperm . Very often and in particular in the toad known as the midwife toad the father ...
... coitus ; the male embraces the female and this embrace stimulates the laying : while the eggs are coming out of the cloaca , the male lets out his sperm . Very often and in particular in the toad known as the midwife toad the father ...
Page 35
... coitus . That decision is up to him in the end . Even for insects where the female has major privileges and consents to total sacrifice for the species , it is usually the male that provokes fertilization ; male fish often invite the ...
... coitus . That decision is up to him in the end . Even for insects where the female has major privileges and consents to total sacrifice for the species , it is usually the male that provokes fertilization ; male fish often invite the ...
Page 37
... coitus itself , the dominating affirmation of his power over the female - all of this contributes to positing the individual as such at the moment he surpasses himself . Hegel is right to see the subjective element in the male while the ...
... coitus itself , the dominating affirmation of his power over the female - all of this contributes to positing the individual as such at the moment he surpasses himself . Hegel is right to see the subjective element in the male while the ...
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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