Simone de Beauvoir quote about killing from The Second Sex - The worst curse on woman is her exclusion from warrior expeditions; it is not in giving life but in risking his life that man raises himself above the animal; this is why throughout humanity, superiority has been granted not to the sex that gives birth but to the one that kills.
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“ The worst curse on woman is her exclusion from warrior expeditions; it is not in giving life but in risking his life that man raises himself above the animal; this is why throughout humanity, superiority has been granted not to the sex that gives birth but to the one that kills. ”
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic killing birth superiority
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“La pire malédiction qui pèse sur la femme c'est qu'elle est exclue de ces expéditions guerrières ; ce n'est pas en donnant la vie, c'est en risquant sa vie que l'homme s'élève au-dessus de l'animal ; c'est pourquoi dans l'humanité la...” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about killing from The Second Sex - The worst curse on woman is her exclusion from warrior expeditions; it is not in giving life but in risking his life that man raises himself above the animal; this is why throughout humanity, superiority has been granted not to the sex that gives birth but to the one that kills.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about killing from The Second Sex - The worst curse on woman is her exclusion from warrior expeditions; it is not in giving life but in risking his life that man raises himself above the animal; this is why throughout humanity, superiority has been granted not to the sex that gives birth but to the one that kills.