Extracts From: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

Extracts From: The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir with Constance Borde (Translator), Sheila Malovany-Chevallier (Translator), Natalie Haynes (Contributor)

129 pages first pub 1949 (editions)

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully argued. De Beauvoir’s belief that ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman’ switched on l...

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informative 78%
reflective 64%
challenging 54%
inspiring 36%
emotional 8%
sad 8%
dark 5%
hopeful 4%
tense 4%
funny 3%
adventurous 2%

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