“ Woman is masochistic because pleasure and pain in her are linked through defloration and birth, and because she consents to her passive role. ”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation
| Author | Simone de Beauvoir |
|---|---|
| Source | The Second Sex |
| Topic | pain birth |
| Date | 1949 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany Chevallier |
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