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 50
... erotic systems , one that is clitoral and develops in infancy and another that is vaginal and develops only after puberty ; when the boy gets to the genital phase , he completes his development ; he has to move from the autoerotic ...
... erotic systems , one that is clitoral and develops in infancy and another that is vaginal and develops only after puberty ; when the boy gets to the genital phase , he completes his development ; he has to move from the autoerotic ...
Page 51
... erotic organ . Woman , also passing through a narcissistic phase , must make man the object of her libido ; but the process will be far more complex as she must pass from clitoral to vaginal pleasure . There is but one genital step for ...
... erotic organ . Woman , also passing through a narcissistic phase , must make man the object of her libido ; but the process will be far more complex as she must pass from clitoral to vaginal pleasure . There is but one genital step for ...
Page 56
... erotic experiences that the individual chooses himself . But only an ontological point of view can restore the unity of this choice . Psychoanalysts vehemently reject this notion of choice in the name of determinism and " the collective ...
... erotic experiences that the individual chooses himself . But only an ontological point of view can restore the unity of this choice . Psychoanalysts vehemently reject this notion of choice in the name of determinism and " the collective ...
Page 59
... erotic object as it is shown not only in the sexual act but in perception in general would also have to be studied . This examination goes beyond the psychoanalytical framework that posits eroticism as irreducible . In addition , we ...
... erotic object as it is shown not only in the sexual act but in perception in general would also have to be studied . This examination goes beyond the psychoanalytical framework that posits eroticism as irreducible . In addition , we ...
Page 67
... erotic object again : a recent speech asked Soviet women citizens to pay attention to their clothes , to use makeup , and to become flirtatious to hold on to their husbands and stimulate their desire . Examples like this prove how ...
... erotic object again : a recent speech asked Soviet women citizens to pay attention to their clothes , to use makeup , and to become flirtatious to hold on to their husbands and stimulate their desire . Examples like this prove how ...
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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