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 6
... 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 masculine privilege . society in depth , Lévi - Strauss could conclude : 6 ...
... 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 masculine privilege . society in depth , Lévi - Strauss could conclude : 6 ...
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... object . But the other consciousness has an opposing reciprocal claim : traveling , a local is shocked to realize that in neighboring countries locals view him as a foreigner ; between villages , clans , nations , and classes there are ...
... object . But the other consciousness has an opposing reciprocal claim : traveling , a local is shocked to realize that in neighboring countries locals view him as a foreigner ; between villages , clans , nations , and classes there are ...
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... object and doom her to immanence , since her transcendence will be forever transcended by another essential and sovereign consciousness . Woman's drama lies in this conflict between the fundamental claim of every subject , which always ...
... object and doom her to immanence , since her transcendence will be forever transcended by another essential and sovereign consciousness . Woman's drama lies in this conflict between the fundamental claim of every subject , which always ...
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... object described by scientists that exists concretely but the body lived by the subject . The female is a woman , insofar as she feels herself as such . Some essential biological givens are not part of her lived situation : for example ...
... object described by scientists that exists concretely but the body lived by the subject . The female is a woman , insofar as she feels herself as such . Some essential biological givens are not part of her lived situation : for example ...
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... object , usually a woman ; this passage will occur at puberty through a narcissistic phase : but the penis will remain , as in infancy , the favored erotic organ . Woman , also passing through a narcissistic phase , must make man the object ...
... object , usually a woman ; this passage will occur at puberty through a narcissistic phase : but the penis will remain , as in infancy , the favored erotic organ . Woman , also passing through a narcissistic phase , must make man the object ...
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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