Man knows that to satisfy his desires, to perpetuate his existence, woman is indispensable to him; he has to integrate her in society: as long as she submits to the order established by males, she is cleansed of her original stain.
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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic society existence
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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