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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... woman " and " woman . " At times it can also mean " women , ” depending on the context . " Woman " in English used alone without an article captures woman as an institution , a concept , femininity as determined and defined by society ...
... woman " and " woman . " At times it can also mean " women , ” depending on the context . " Woman " in English used alone without an article captures woman as an institution , a concept , femininity as determined and defined by society ...
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... woman , the Jew , or the black ; science considers characteristics as secondary reactions to a situation . If there is no such thing today as femininity , it is because there never was . Does the word " woman , " then , have no content ...
... woman , the Jew , or the black ; science considers characteristics as secondary reactions to a situation . If there is no such thing today as femininity , it is because there never was . Does the word " woman , " then , have no content ...
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... woman ? Merely stating the problem suggests an immediate answer to me . It is significant that I pose it . It would never occur to a man to write a book on the singular situation of males in humanity.2 If I want to define myself , I ...
... woman ? Merely stating the problem suggests an immediate answer to me . It is significant that I pose it . It would never occur to a man to write a book on the singular situation of males in humanity.2 If I want to define myself , I ...
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... woman of their dreams , but they do not know what the woman of tomorrow will bring them . It takes great abnegation to refuse to posit oneself as unique and absolute Subject . Besides , the vast majority of men do not explicitly make ...
... woman of their dreams , but they do not know what the woman of tomorrow will bring them . It takes great abnegation to refuse to posit oneself as unique and absolute Subject . Besides , the vast majority of men do not explicitly make ...
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... woman solicited by two kinds of alienations ; it is very clear that to play at being a man will be a recipe for failure ; but to play at being a woman is also a trap : being a woman would mean being an object , the Other ; and at the ...
... woman solicited by two kinds of alienations ; it is very clear that to play at being a man will be a recipe for failure ; but to play at being a woman is also a trap : being a woman would mean being an object , the Other ; and at 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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