Simone de Beauvoir quote about woman from The Second Sex - Doomed to procreation and secondary tasks, stripped of her practical importance and her mystical prestige, woman becomes no more than a servant.
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“ Doomed to procreation and secondary tasks, stripped of her practical importance and her mystical prestige, woman becomes no more than a servant. ”
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic woman importance servant
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“Vouée à la procréation et à des tâches secondaires, dépouillée de son importance pratique et de son prestige mystique, la femme n'apparaît plus que comme servante.” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about woman from The Second Sex - Doomed to procreation and secondary tasks, stripped of her practical importance and her mystical prestige, woman becomes no more than a servant.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about woman from The Second Sex - Doomed to procreation and secondary tasks, stripped of her practical importance and her mystical prestige, woman becomes no more than a servant.