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The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir,

H.M. Parshley (Translator & Editor)

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Nov 09, 2019 Petre rated it really liked it

The Second Sex examines gender as a social construct in society, especially how the position of women determines their oppression through setting woman as "other" in relation to man and masculine institutions. The book represents a classic manifesto of the liberated woman, its subversiveness has changed how we think of women.

This book explores wholeness of a woman's life. The first part is about facts and myths, exploring the woman through the point of view of biology, psychoanalysis and histori ...more

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Mar 03, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: french-literature, feminism, fiction-20th-century

The Second Sex is a 1949 book by the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history.

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