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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... privilege of using parts of their magnificent translation of War and Peace before the edition appeared in 2008 ; their views on translation were an inspiration to us . Donald Fanger helped us with Sophia Tolstoy's diaries . Many writers ...
... privilege of using parts of their magnificent translation of War and Peace before the edition appeared in 2008 ; their views on translation were an inspiration to us . Donald Fanger helped us with Sophia Tolstoy's diaries . Many writers ...
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... privilege , she used her husband's influence . Women who assert they are men still claim masculine consideration and respect . I also remember a young Trotskyite standing on a platform during a stormy meeting , about to come to blows in ...
... privilege , she used her husband's influence . Women who assert they are men still claim masculine consideration and respect . I also remember a young Trotskyite standing on a platform during a stormy meeting , about to come to blows in ...
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... 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 FACTS AND MYTHS.
... 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 FACTS AND MYTHS.
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... privilege : the majority imposes its law on or persecutes the minority . But women are not a minority like American blacks , or like Jews : there are as many women as men on the earth . Often , the two opposing groups concerned were ...
... privilege : the majority imposes its law on or persecutes the minority . But women are not a minority like American blacks , or like Jews : there are as many women as men on the earth . Often , the two opposing groups concerned were ...
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... privilege so fully had they not considered it as founded in the absolute and in eternity : they sought to make the fact of their supremacy a right . " Those who made and compiled the laws , being men , favored their own sex , and the ...
... privilege so fully had they not considered it as founded in the absolute and in eternity : they sought to make the fact of their supremacy a right . " Those who made and compiled the laws , being men , favored their own sex , and the ...
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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