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 organism : for insects the soma is sexually defined very early and does not depend on gonads . For vertebrates , it is essentially the gonadic hormones that play a regulatory role . Many experiments have demonstrated that varying ...
... whole organism : for insects the soma is sexually defined very early and does not depend on gonads . For vertebrates , it is essentially the gonadic hormones that play a regulatory role . Many experiments have demonstrated that varying ...
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... whole : it was sometimes claimed that as the ovum was bigger , it consumed more living force than the sperm ; but the latter is secreted in infinitely greater quantity so that in the two sexes the expenditure balances out ...
... whole : it was sometimes claimed that as the ovum was bigger , it consumed more living force than the sperm ; but the latter is secreted in infinitely greater quantity so that in the two sexes the expenditure balances out ...
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... whole with elements that are inextricably linked : these are intermediary cases between hermaphroditism and gonochorism . For the entoniscid , parasites that live off the crab , the female is a kind of whitish sausage surrounded by ...
... whole with elements that are inextricably linked : these are intermediary cases between hermaphroditism and gonochorism . For the entoniscid , parasites that live off the crab , the female is a kind of whitish sausage surrounded by ...
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... whole . The structure of the egg itself does not order this division ; the female , like the male , possesses a certain autonomy , and her link with the egg loosens ; the female fish , amphibian , and bird are much more than an abdomen ...
... whole . The structure of the egg itself does not order this division ; the female , like the male , possesses a certain autonomy , and her link with the egg loosens ; the female fish , amphibian , and bird are much more than an abdomen ...
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... whole organism of the female is adapted to and determined by the servitude of maternity , while the sexual initiative is the prerogative of the male . The female is the prey of the species ; for one or two seasons , depending on the ...
... whole organism of the female is adapted to and determined by the servitude of maternity , while the sexual initiative is the prerogative of the male . The female is the prey of the species ; for one or two seasons , depending on 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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