The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe), published in 1949, is Simone de Beauvoir's two volume philosophical and historical study of women's situation, arguing that femininity is not a biological given but a role constructed by society and imposed on women as the Other against a male norm treated as the default of humanity. It became a founding text of second wave feminist thought and remains Beauvoir's most influential and widely translated work.
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What is The Second Sex arguing against?
It argues against what Beauvoir called the myth of the eternal feminine.
Britannica describes The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe), published in two volumes in 1949, as a scholarly and passionate plea for the abolition of what Simone de Beauvoir called the myth of the eternal feminine. Britannica adds that it became a classic of feminist literature.
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Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949.
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is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women in the present society as well as throughout all of history.
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The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women in the present society as well as throughout all of history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949. She published the work in two volumes: Facts and Myths, and Lived Experience.
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