“ 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
| 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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