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The Second Sex Quotes

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in one’s self.

Source:Volume II: Lived Experience, Part One: Formative Years, Chapter 2: The Girl
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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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