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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... whole ... [ A ] lterity is accomplished in the feminine . The term is on the same level as , but in meaning opposed to , consciousness . " I suppose Mr. Levinas is not forgetting that woman also is consciousness for herself . But it is ...
... whole ... [ A ] lterity is accomplished in the feminine . The term is on the same level as , but in meaning opposed to , consciousness . " I suppose Mr. Levinas is not forgetting that woman also is consciousness for herself . But it is ...
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... whole historical development explains their existence as a class and accounts for the distribution of these individuals in this class . There have not always been proletarians : there have always been women ; they are women by their ...
... whole historical development explains their existence as a class and accounts for the distribution of these individuals in this class . There have not always been proletarians : there have always been women ; they are women by their ...
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... whole whose two components are necessary to each other . One might think that this reciprocity would have facilitated her liberation ; when Hercules spins wool at Omphale's feet , his desire enchains him . Why was Omphale unable to ...
... whole whose two components are necessary to each other . One might think that this reciprocity would have facilitated her liberation ; when Hercules spins wool at Omphale's feet , his desire enchains him . Why was Omphale unable to ...
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... whole story begin ? It is understandable that the duality of the sexes , like all duality , be expressed in conflict . It is understandable that if one of the two succeeded in imposing its superiority , it had to establish itself as ...
... whole story begin ? It is understandable that the duality of the sexes , like all duality , be expressed in conflict . It is understandable that if one of the two succeeded in imposing its superiority , it had to establish itself as ...
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... whole is very different from the two others : for the anti - Semite , the Jew is more an enemy than an inferior , and no place on this earth is recognized as his own ; it would be preferable to see him annihilated . But there are deep ...
... whole is very different from the two others : for the anti - Semite , the Jew is more an enemy than an inferior , and no place on this earth is recognized as his own ; it would be preferable to see him annihilated . But there are deep ...
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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