The Second Sex

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The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir.

Contents

• About the Author2
• Title Page3
• Copyright4
• Dedication5
• Introduction by Judith Thurman8
• Translators’ Note16
• Volume I Facts and Myths22
• Introduction23
• Part One | DESTINY40
• Chapter 1 Biological Data41
• Chapter 2 The Psychoanalytical Point of View73
• Chapter 3 The Point of View of Historical Materialism87
• Part Two | HISTORY95
• Chapter 196
• Chapter 2101
• Chapter 3117
• Chapter 4133
• Chapter 5157
• Part Three | MYTHS192
• Chapter 1193
• Chapter 2256
• I. Montherlant or the Bread of Disgust256
• II. D. H. Lawrence or Phallic Pride271
• III. Claudel or the Handmaiden of the Lord280
• IV. Breton or Poetry289
• V. Stendhal or Romancing the Real296
• VI.306
• Chapter 3315
• Volume II Lived Experience326
• Introduction328
• Part One | FORMATIVE YEARS329
• Chapter 1 Childhood330
• Chapter 2 The Girl395
• Chapter 3 Sexual Initiation441
• Chapter 4 The Lesbian479
• Part Two | SITUATION501
• Chapter 5 The Married Woman502
• Chapter 6 The Mother597
• Chapter 7 Social Life649
• Chapter 8 Prostitutes and Hetaeras680
• Chapter 9 From Maturity to Old Age702
• Chapter 10 Woman’s Situation and Character724
• Part Three | JUSTIFICATIONS755
• Chapter 11 The Narcissist756
• Chapter 12 The Woman in Love773
• Chapter 13 The Mystic802
• Part Four | TOWARD LIBERATION812
• Chapter 14 The Independent Woman813
• Conclusion848
• Selected Sources864

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