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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... man to write a book on the singular situation of males in humanity.2 If I want to define myself , I first have to say , " I am a woman " ; all other assertions will arise from this basic truth . A man never begins by ... man's INTRODUCTION 5.
... man to write a book on the singular situation of males in humanity.2 If I want to define myself , I first have to say , " I am a woman " ; all other assertions will arise from this basic truth . A man never begins by ... man's INTRODUCTION 5.
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... man's point of view , disregarding the reciprocity of the subject and the object . When he writes that woman is mystery , he assumes that she is mystery for man . So this apparently objective description is in fact an affirmation of ...
... man's point of view , disregarding the reciprocity of the subject and the object . When he writes that woman is mystery , he assumes that she is mystery for man . So this apparently objective description is in fact an affirmation of ...
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... man's mouth , the epithet " female " sounds like an insult ; but he , not ashamed of his animality , is proud to ... man , it is obviously because of the disquieting hostility woman triggers in him . Nevertheless , he wants to find a ...
... man's mouth , the epithet " female " sounds like an insult ; but he , not ashamed of his animality , is proud to ... man , it is obviously because of the disquieting hostility woman triggers in him . Nevertheless , he wants to find a ...
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... man , lighter ; her skeleton is thinner ; the pelvis is wider , adapted to gestation and birth ; her connective tissue retains fats , and her forms are rounder than man's ; the overall look : morphology , skin , hair system , and so on ...
... man , lighter ; her skeleton is thinner ; the pelvis is wider , adapted to gestation and birth ; her connective tissue retains fats , and her forms are rounder than man's ; the overall look : morphology , skin , hair system , and so on ...
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... man ; she has less muscular strength , fewer red blood cells , a lesser respiratory capacity ; she runs less quickly ... man's . In truth these facts cannot be denied : but they do not carry their meaning in themselves . As soon as we ...
... man ; she has less muscular strength , fewer red blood cells , a lesser respiratory capacity ; she runs less quickly ... man's . In truth these facts cannot be denied : but they do not carry their meaning in themselves . As soon as we ...
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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