Review
In The Second Sex, 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.
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Review
It is a truly magnificent book, even if sometimes irritating to a mere male. — The New York Times Book Review, Clyde Kluckhohn
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