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The Second Sex Quotes

Society codified by men decrees that woman is inferior: she can only abolish this inferiority by destroying male superiority.

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InferiorityMenSocietySuperiorityWomen

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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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