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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... sperm ; monstrous and stuffed , the queen termite reigning over the servile males ; the praying mantis and the spider , gorged on love , crushing their partners and gobbling them up ; the dog in heat running through back alleys ...
... sperm ; monstrous and stuffed , the queen termite reigning over the servile males ; the praying mantis and the spider , gorged on love , crushing their partners and gobbling them up ; the dog in heat running through back alleys ...
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... sperm , and in 1699 another scientist declared he had seen the sperm cast off a kind of slough under which there was a little man , which he also drew . In these hypotheses woman merely fattened a living and active , and perfectly ...
... sperm , and in 1699 another scientist declared he had seen the sperm cast off a kind of slough under which there was a little man , which he also drew . In these hypotheses woman merely fattened a living and active , and perfectly ...
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... sperm . Today , there is a tendency to see the contrary : the discoveries of parthenogenesis have led some scientists to reduce the role of the male to that of a simple physicochemical agent . In some species the action of an acid or a ...
... sperm . Today , there is a tendency to see the contrary : the discoveries of parthenogenesis have led some scientists to reduce the role of the male to that of a simple physicochemical agent . In some species the action of an acid or a ...
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... sperm . It is thought today that , depending on the species , the male or female gamete determines the sex : for mammals , the sperm possesses a chromosome that is heterogenic to the others and potentially either male or female ...
... sperm . It is thought today that , depending on the species , the male or female gamete determines the sex : for mammals , the sperm possesses a chromosome that is heterogenic to the others and potentially either male or female ...
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... sperm from entering . For echinoderms where fertilization is external , it is easy to observe the rush of the sperm that surround the floating and inert egg like a halo . This competition is also another important phenomenon found in ...
... sperm from entering . For echinoderms where fertilization is external , it is easy to observe the rush of the sperm that surround the floating and inert egg like a halo . This competition is also another important phenomenon found in ...
Contents
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62 | |
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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