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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. "one day i wanted to explain myself to myself... and it struck me with sort of surprise that the first thing I had to say was 'I am a woman.' " Simone de Beauvoir  HanoarHatzioni | Jun 8, 2009 |  I'm reading a brand new translation of de Beavouirs "Second sex" in Swedish. It's a fantastic work!! Can't believe what it must felt reading this back in the 50's! (  ) ysol | Nov 28, 2008 | The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life. (  ) Zohrab | Mar 18, 2008 | A life changing book for me. Read and discussed it for my Soc III class at school, and the strength and passion of De Beauvoir's arguments led to my signing up for a feminist theories class the following semester. Fascinating, compelling, and definitely deserving of Great Books stature. ( )1  Katie_Lou | Feb 20, 2008 | a defining book, worth reading again and again, and aging very well ( ) experimentalis | Jan 9, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0679724516, Paperback)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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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