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
... demands leave the realm of the theoretical and find economic grounds ; their adversaries become all the more aggressive ; even though landed property is partially discredited , the bourgeoisie clings to the old values where family ...
... demands leave the realm of the theoretical and find economic grounds ; their adversaries become all the more aggressive ; even though landed property is partially discredited , the bourgeoisie clings to the old values where family ...
Page 14
... demands to make , and at the same time that women will never be equal to men and that their demands are in vain . It is difficult for men to measure the enormous extent of social discrimination that seems insignificant from the outside ...
... demands to make , and at the same time that women will never be equal to men and that their demands are in vain . It is difficult for men to measure the enormous extent of social discrimination that seems insignificant from the outside ...
Page 16
... demands ; coming out of an era of muddled controversy , this book is one attempt among others to take stock of the current state . But it is no doubt impossible to approach any human problem without partiality : even the way of asking ...
... demands ; coming out of an era of muddled controversy , this book is one attempt among others to take stock of the current state . But it is no doubt impossible to approach any human problem without partiality : even the way of asking ...
Page 17
... demands of a situation that constitutes her as inessential . How , in the feminine condition , can a human being accomplish herself ? What paths are open to her ? Which ones lead to dead ends ? How can she find independence within ...
... demands of a situation that constitutes her as inessential . How , in the feminine condition , can a human being accomplish herself ? What paths are open to her ? Which ones lead to dead ends ? How can she find independence within ...
Page 36
... demands this abdication . The male's destiny is very different ; it has just been shown that in his very surpassing , he separates himself and is confirmed in himself . This fea5. Some chickens fight in the barnyard for a pecking order ...
... demands this abdication . The male's destiny is very different ; it has just been shown that in his very surpassing , he separates himself and is confirmed in himself . This fea5. Some chickens fight in the barnyard for a pecking order ...
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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