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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... very often one of the sexes possesses certain organs characteristic of the complementary sex: the toad is the most striking ... the male has an atrophied ovary called Bidder's organ that can be made to produce eggs artificially.
... egg directly by the oviduct and holds it in the cloaca or in a differentiated uterus before expelling it; the male either lets go of the semen outside or is equipped with a copulating organ that allows it to penetrate the female.
It reaches gigantic dimensions compared with the male; but its members are often just stumps, its body a formless bag; all the organs have degenerated to nourish the eggs. In truth, although they constitute two distinct organisms, ...
Accordingly, the organs of locomotion, touch, and prehension are also often more developed; many female butterflies are apterous, whereas their males have wings; males have more developed colors, elytrons, feet, and claws; and sometimes ...
The word often has a very precise meaning: either because he has specific organs or because he is stronger, the male grabs and ... And the organ he uses is incontestably material too, but it is seen in an animated state: it is a tool, ...
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User Review - Jthierer - LibraryThingThis book consists of three parts all jumbled-up together so that some of the still relevant gets missed in the "WTF did I just read." One part is a solid historical look at what the life of women ... Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingA dense book in which de Beauvoir attempts to define a feminist view of the world, and to explain the differentiation of that view from the masculine. There is a lot of close reasoning, but a serious ... Read full review
Contents
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| 52 | |
| 58 | |
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| 65 | |
PART Two HISTORY | 71 |
PART Fou | 87 |
Chapter | 266 |
Childhood | 283 |
SITUATION | 418 |
The Narcissist | 667 |
The Woman in Love | 683 |
The Mystic | 709 |
TOWARD LIBERATION | 721 |
Conclusion | 753 |
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| Title | The Second Sex Picture Puzzles Series |
| Author | Simone De Beauvoir |
| Translated by | Constance Borde, Sheila Malovany-Chevallier |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012 |
| ISBN | 030781453X, 9780307814531 |
| Length | 832 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / Movements / Existentialism Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Gender Studies |
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