false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174932090m/457264.jpg 457264 28 In <i>The Second Sex</i>, Simone de Beauvoir posed questions many men, and women, had yet to ponder when the book was released in 1953. "One wonders if women still exist, if they will always exist, whether or not it is desirable that they should ...," she says in this comprehensive treatise on women. She weaves together history, philosophy, economics, biology, and a host of other disciplines to show women's place in the world and to postulate on the power of sexuality. This is a powerful piece of writing in a time before "feminism" was even a phrase, much less a movement. 879666 book 1949 The Second Sex total:2251|5:670|4:873|3:570|2:105|1:33| 2251 8795 4151 169 3 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Nov 20 16:22:33 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 18 04:44:57 -0700 2009 1
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So I was talking with a female friend a couple of weeks ago about ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Dec 29 06:33:28 -0800 2007 Thu May 29 13:07:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 19:53:04 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 20:10:14 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 00:11:09 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 00:21:30 -0700 2007 The Second Sex left me feeling overwhelmed, and even slightly frustrated--not at the text itself, but the lack of time I had to spend on it. I will definitely be re-reading it in the near future.

De Beauvoir disassembles feminine “inferiority” w...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 15:21:59 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 15:22:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 15 09:42:49 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 10:12:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 11:32:03 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:04:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Wed Apr 23 21:39:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 21:42:21 -0700 2008
De Beauvoir wrote so beautifully of all the things I'd ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 05:18:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 05:32:49 -0800 2008
Wh...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 09 03:50:14 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 06:59:08 -0800 2009 "'shopgirl morality' is more authentic than fairy tales of emptiness because it has its roots in life and reality, whence the higher aspira...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jul 11 08:49:50 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 08:52:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 04 12:26:08 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:08:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Sun May 17 17:49:22 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 23:56:37 -0700 2009 Being and Nothingness with reading de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. It seemed only fair to read a big long book by her after reading one by him. I was disappointed by this book; it was like I'd heard it all before. I don't think that's quite fair of me to be disappo...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 09 19:52:10 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 19:56:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu May 21 09:46:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 13:54:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 18:05:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 01:44:49 -0700 2008
My main complaint is that, despite a first chapter promisingly entitled "The Data of Biology...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 15:14:10 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 15:22:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Aug 25 12:36:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 13:42:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 10:02:11 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 23:49:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Thu Dec 18 05:36:21 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 05:36:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=457264