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Man today represents the positive and the neuter—that is, the male and the human being—while woman represents the negative, the female. Every time she behaves like a human being, she is declared to be identifying with the male.

Source:Volume II: Lived Experience, Part One: Formative Years, Chapter 4: The Lesbian
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Simone de Beauvoir - The Second Sex Quotes
  • Book: The Second Sex
  • Writer: Simone de Beauvoir
  • Genre: Feminism, Philosophy
  • Published: 1949
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