Simone de Beauvoir quote about arrogance from The Second Sex - For all those suffering from an inferiority complex, this is a miraculous liniment; no one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or more disdainful, than a man anxious about his own virility.
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“ For all those suffering from an inferiority complex, this is a miraculous liniment; no one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or more disdainful, than a man anxious about his own virility. ”
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic arrogance virility disdain
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“nul n'est plus arrogant à l'égard des femmes, agressif ou dédaigneux, qu'un homme inquiet de sa virilité.” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about arrogance from The Second Sex - For all those suffering from an inferiority complex, this is a miraculous liniment; no one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or more disdainful, than a man anxious about his own virility.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about arrogance from The Second Sex - For all those suffering from an inferiority complex, this is a miraculous liniment; no one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or more disdainful, than a man anxious about his own virility.