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 62
... woman cannot simply be considered a sexed organism : among biological data , only those with concrete value in action have any importance ; woman's consciousness of herself is not defined by her sexuality alone : it reflects a situation ...
... woman cannot simply be considered a sexed organism : among biological data , only those with concrete value in action have any importance ; woman's consciousness of herself is not defined by her sexuality alone : it reflects a situation ...
Page 63
... woman's history from this point of view in The Origin of the Family ; to him , this history depends essentially on the history of technology . In the Stone Age , when the land belonged to all members of the clan , the rudimentary nature ...
... woman's history from this point of view in The Origin of the Family ; to him , this history depends essentially on the history of technology . In the Stone Age , when the land belonged to all members of the clan , the rudimentary nature ...
Page 67
... woman's condition . It is impossible to simply assimilate gestation to a job or service like military service . A deeper breach is created in a woman's life by requiring her to have children than by regulating citizens ' occupations ...
... woman's condition . It is impossible to simply assimilate gestation to a job or service like military service . A deeper breach is created in a woman's life by requiring her to have children than by regulating citizens ' occupations ...
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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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