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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... earth ? Although some women zealously strive to embody it , the model has never been patented . It is typically described in vague and shimmering terms borrowed from a clairvoyant's vocabulary . In Saint Thomas's time it was an essence ...
... earth ? Although some women zealously strive to embody it , the model has never been patented . It is typically described in vague and shimmering terms borrowed from a clairvoyant's vocabulary . In Saint Thomas's time it was an essence ...
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... way . If the female function is not enough to define woman , and if we also reject the explanation of the " eternal feminine , " but if we accept , event temporarily , that there are women on the earth , 4 FACTS AND MYTHS.
... way . If the female function is not enough to define woman , and if we also reject the explanation of the " eternal feminine , " but if we accept , event temporarily , that there are women on the earth , 4 FACTS AND MYTHS.
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Simone De Beauvoir. temporarily , that there are women on the earth , we then have to ask : What is a woman ? Merely stating the problem suggests an immediate answer to me . It is significant that I pose it . It would never occur to a ...
Simone De Beauvoir. temporarily , that there are women on the earth , we then have to ask : What is a woman ? Merely stating the problem suggests an immediate answer to me . It is significant that I pose it . It would never occur to a ...
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... earth . Often , the two opposing groups concerned were once independent of each other ; either they were not aware of each other in the past , or they accepted each other's 4. See Claude Lévi - Strauss , Les structures élémentaires de ...
... earth . Often , the two opposing groups concerned were once independent of each other ; either they were not aware of each other in the past , or they accepted each other's 4. See Claude Lévi - Strauss , Les structures élémentaires de ...
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... earth . Religions forged by men reflect this will for domination : they found ammunition in the legends of Eve and Pandora . They have put philosophy and theology in their service , as seen in the previously cited words of Aristotle and ...
... earth . Religions forged by men reflect this will for domination : they found ammunition in the legends of Eve and Pandora . They have put philosophy and theology in their service , as seen in the previously cited words of Aristotle and ...
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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