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The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 1949
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 750

A philosopher works through biology, history and myth to show that women are not born secondary but made so, and asks what freedom would actually take.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir

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