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 ix
... define herself , the first sentence that came to mind was " I am a woman . " That October , my maiden aunt , Beauvoir's contemporary , came to visit me in the hospital nursery . I was a day old , and she found a little tag on my ...
... define herself , the first sentence that came to mind was " I am a woman . " That October , my maiden aunt , Beauvoir's contemporary , came to visit me in the hospital nursery . I was a day old , and she found a little tag on my ...
Page xviii
... defined by society , culture , history . Thus in a French sentence such as Le problème de la femme a toujours été un problème d'hommes , we have used " woman " without an article : " The problem of woman has always been a problem of men ...
... defined by society , culture , history . Thus in a French sentence such as Le problème de la femme a toujours été un problème d'hommes , we have used " woman " without an article : " The problem of woman has always been a problem of men ...
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... a clairvoyant's vocabulary . In Saint Thomas's time it was an essence defined with as much certainty as the seda1. Out of print today , titled Franchise . tive quality of a poppy . But conceptualism has lost 3 Introduction.
... a clairvoyant's vocabulary . In Saint Thomas's time it was an essence defined with as much certainty as the seda1. Out of print today , titled Franchise . tive quality of a poppy . But conceptualism has lost 3 Introduction.
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... define given characteristics like those of the woman , the Jew , or the black ; science considers characteristics as secondary reactions to a situation . If there is no such thing today as femininity , it is because there never was ...
... define given characteristics like those of the woman , the Jew , or the black ; science considers characteristics as secondary reactions to a situation . If there is no such thing today as femininity , it is because there never was ...
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... define myself , I first have to say , " I am a woman " ; all other assertions will arise from this basic truth . A ... defined the oblique , there is an absolute human type that is masculine . Woman has ovaries and a uterus ; such are ...
... define myself , I first have to say , " I am a woman " ; all other assertions will arise from this basic truth . A ... defined the oblique , there is an absolute human type that is masculine . Woman has ovaries and a uterus ; such are ...
Contents
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21 | |
The Psychoanalytical Point of View | 49 |
The Point of View of Historical | 62 |
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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