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| Author | Simone de Beauvoir |
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| Original title | Le Deuxième Sexe |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Feminism |
| Published | 1949 |
| Publication place | France |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 978 in 2 volumes[1][2] |
| Part of a series on |
| Feminist philosophy |
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The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women in the present society as well as throughout all of history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949.[3] She published the work in two volumes: Facts and Myths, and Lived Experience. Some chapters first appeared in the journal Les Temps modernes.[4][5]
One of Beauvoir's best-known and controversial books (banned by the Vatican), The Second Sex is regarded as a groundbreaking work of feminist philosophy,[6] and as the starting inspiration point of second-wave feminism.[7]
- ^ de Beauvoir, Simone (1949). Le deuxième sexe [The Second Sex]. NRF essais (in French). Vol. 1, Les faits et les mythes [Facts and Myths]. Gallimard. ISBN 9782070205134.
- ^ de Beauvoir, Simone (1949). Le deuxième sexe. NRF essais (in French). Vol. 2 L'expérience vécue [Experience]. Gallimard. ISBN 9782070205141. OCLC 489616596.
- ^ Thurman, Judith (2011). The Second Sex. New York: Random House. p. 13.
- ^ Beauvoir 2009, p. Copyright page.
- ^ Appignanesi 2005, p. 82.
- ^ "Reception of The Second Sex in Europe". Encyclopédie d’histoire numérique de l'Europe. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ du Plessix Gray, Francine (May 27, 2010), "Dispatches From the Other", The New York Times, retrieved October 24, 2011