Book :: The Second Sex
| By: | Simone de Beauvoir |
| Pages: | 746 |
| Published: | 1952 |
| Genre(s): | Feminism |
| Philosophy | |
| Gender | |
| Rating: | (4) |
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Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, and brilliantly introduced by Judith Thurman, Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpiece weaves together history, philosophy, economics, biology, and a host of other disciplines to analyze the Western notion of “woman” and to explore the power of sexuality. Sixty years after its initial publication, The Second Sex is still as eye-opening and...
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I wish I'd read this in my teens/twenties....but then I wouldn't have read all the books she references....several "aha" moments...
Jun 23rd, 2020
Jane
One of the only books that changed my life...or at least my opinions when I read it.
Nov 18th, 2013
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