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The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir’s groundbreaking work The Second Sex is a landmark in feminist philosophy and current thought. First published in 1949, this profound study explores the cultural, ancient, and mental forces which have described women as “the Other.” With remarkable clarity and intensity, de Beauvo...

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The Ben Shapiro Show

This book argued that femininity was completely disconnected from biology, asserting that womanhood is defined by self-definition rather than biological factors like motherhood.

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The female is a woman insofar as she feels herself as such, right? It's a feeling. It's not about the biology, it's about the feeling.

— Episode: Ep. 1555 - The Social Policy Madness Bre...

Episode: Ep. 1555 - The Social Policy Madness Breaking The...

This book argued that femininity was completely disconnected from biology, asserting that womanhood is defined by self-definition rather than biological factors like motherhood.

"

The female is a woman insofar as she feels herself as such, right? It's a feeling. It's not about the biology, it's about the feeling.

De Boisville, in order to obliterate the system, has actually advocated for barring women from becoming mothers entirely. She actually wrote, no woman should be authorized to stay at home to raise her children.

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