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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Page 32
... autonomy develops with the loosening of the link uniting the sexes ; but insects of both sexes remain tightly subordinate to the eggs . In the case of ephemerals , both spouses often die after coitus and laying ; and in the case of ...
... autonomy develops with the loosening of the link uniting the sexes ; but insects of both sexes remain tightly subordinate to the eggs . In the case of ephemerals , both spouses often die after coitus and laying ; and in the case of ...
Page 33
... autonomy ; laying , incubation , and care of the larvae make up her whole destiny ; her other functions are totally or partially atrophied . By contrast , an individual existence takes shape in the male . He very often takes more ...
... autonomy ; laying , incubation , and care of the larvae make up her whole destiny ; her other functions are totally or partially atrophied . By contrast , an individual existence takes shape in the male . He very often takes more ...
Page 34
... autonomy , and her link with the egg loosens ; the female fish , amphibian , and bird are much more than an abdomen ; the weaker the mother - to - egg link , the less labor parturition involves , and the more undifferentiated is the ...
... autonomy , and her link with the egg loosens ; the female fish , amphibian , and bird are much more than an abdomen ; the weaker the mother - to - egg link , the less labor parturition involves , and the more undifferentiated is the ...
Page 36
... autonomous : at fertilization , birth , or weaning ? It is noteworthy that the more the female becomes a separate ... autonomy after the birth of the young : a distance is thus established between her and them ; and starting from this ...
... autonomous : at fertilization , birth , or weaning ? It is noteworthy that the more the female becomes a separate ... autonomy after the birth of the young : a distance is thus established between her and them ; and starting from this ...
Page 38
... autonomy ; he integrates the specific energy into his own life ; by contrast , female individuality is fought by the interest of the species ; she seems possessed by outside forces : alienated . This explains why sexual opposition ...
... autonomy ; he integrates the specific energy into his own life ; by contrast , female individuality is fought by the interest of the species ; she seems possessed by outside forces : alienated . This explains why sexual opposition ...
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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