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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... nature as suffering from natural defectiveness . " And Saint Thomas in his turn decreed that woman was an " incomplete man , " an " incidental " being . This is what the Genesis story symbolizes , where Eve appears as if drawn from ...
... nature as suffering from natural defectiveness . " And Saint Thomas in his turn decreed that woman was an " incomplete man , " an " incidental " being . This is what the Genesis story symbolizes , where Eve appears as if drawn from ...
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... Nature to the state of Culture is defined by man's ability to think biological relations as systems of oppositions ; duality , alternation , opposition , and symmetry , whether occurring in defined or less clear form , are not so much ...
... Nature to the state of Culture is defined by man's ability to think biological relations as systems of oppositions ; duality , alternation , opposition , and symmetry , whether occurring in defined or less clear form , are not so much ...
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... nature of historical fact . A situation created over time can come undone at another time blacks in Haiti for one are a good example ; on the contrary , a natural condition seems to defy change . In truth , nature is no more an ...
... nature of historical fact . A situation created over time can come undone at another time blacks in Haiti for one are a good example ; on the contrary , a natural condition seems to defy change . In truth , nature is no more an ...
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... nature . When he has an attitude of benevolence and partnership toward a woman , he applies the principle of abstract equality ; and he does not posir the concrete inequality he recognizes . But as soon as he clashes with her , the ...
... nature . When he has an attitude of benevolence and partnership toward a woman , he applies the principle of abstract equality ; and he does not posir the concrete inequality he recognizes . But as soon as he clashes with her , the ...
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... nature but because it confines her in her sex , and if this sex , even in an innocent animal , seems despicable and an enemy to man , it is obviously because of the disquieting hostility woman triggers in him . Nevertheless , he wants ...
... nature but because it confines her in her sex , and if this sex , even in an innocent animal , seems despicable and an enemy to man , it is obviously because of the disquieting hostility woman triggers in him . Nevertheless , he wants ...
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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