“ If it is said men oppress women, the husband reacts indignantly; he feels oppressed: he is; but in fact, it is the masculine code, the society developed by males and in their interest, that has defined the feminine condition in a form that is now for both sexes a source of distress. ”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949). copy citation
| Author | Simone de Beauvoir |
|---|---|
| Source | The Second Sex |
| Topic | women oppression condition |
| Date | 1949 |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany Chevallier |
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