Simone de Beauvoir quote about law from The Second Sex - By the time humankind reaches the stage of writing its mythology and laws, patriarchy is definitively established: it is males who write the codes.
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“ By the time humankind reaches the stage of writing its mythology and laws, patriarchy is definitively established: it is males who write the codes. ”
 Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation

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Author Simone de Beauvoir
Source The Second Sex
Topic law code patriarchy
Date 1949
Language English
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Note Translated by Constance Borde and 
Sheila Malovany Chevallier
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“À l'époque où le genre humain s'est élevé jusqu'à la rédaction écrite de ses mythologies et de ses lois, le patriarcat est définitivement établi : ce sont les mâles qui composent les codes.” Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe

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Simone de Beauvoir quote about law from The Second Sex - By the time humankind reaches the stage of writing its mythology and laws, patriarchy is definitively established: it is males who write the codes.
Simone de Beauvoir quote about law from The Second Sex - By the time humankind reaches the stage of writing its mythology and laws, patriarchy is definitively established: it is males who write the codes.