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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Simone De Beauvoir. where subjective pleasure is sought , to a hetero - erotic attitude that will link pleasure to an object , usually a woman ; this passage will occur at puberty through a narcissistic phase : but the penis will remain ...
Simone De Beauvoir. where subjective pleasure is sought , to a hetero - erotic attitude that will link pleasure to an object , usually a woman ; this passage will occur at puberty through a narcissistic phase : but the penis will remain ...
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... pleasure is localized : it is only in puberty , in connection with vaginal eroticism , that many erogenous zones develop in the woman's body ; to say that in a child of ten a father's kisses and caresses have an " intrinsic aptitude ...
... pleasure is localized : it is only in puberty , in connection with vaginal eroticism , that many erogenous zones develop in the woman's body ; to say that in a child of ten a father's kisses and caresses have an " intrinsic aptitude ...
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... pleasure , Adler sees man as aiming at certain goals ; he replaces drives with motives , finality , and plans ; he raises intelligence to such heights that for him sexuality often has only symbolic value . According to his theories ...
... pleasure , Adler sees man as aiming at certain goals ; he replaces drives with motives , finality , and plans ; he raises intelligence to such heights that for him sexuality often has only symbolic value . According to his theories ...
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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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