Second sex

Author: Simone de Beauvoir
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Publish Date: 1998-02-01
Features: Simone de Beauvoir, one of the most renowned feminist figures of the contemporary era, vividly portrays women from different social classes and backgrounds, revealing the various social issues faced by women today: prostitution, abortion, the hardships of survival, gender equality, freedom, and liberation. Women, both familiar and strange to us, have been a timeless theme since the dawn of humanity, subjected to praise, curses, and condemnation. Great women are as noble and sacred as great men; vicious women are as cruel and base as malevolent men. Second Sex – a philosophical exploration of women in human history. It addresses all readers, both male and female, about the issues faced by contemporary women: freedom of life, abortion, prostitution, and gender equality.