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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 was cited as arguing that a female is a woman only insofar as she perceives herself as such, and that nature does not define womanhood.

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The female is a woman insofar as she feels herself as such. Some essential biological givens are not part of her lived situation. For example, the structure of the ovum is not reflected in it.

— Episode: Debunked: Sexual Freedom Makes You Happy

Episode: Debunked: Sexual Freedom Makes You Happy

This book was cited as arguing that a female is a woman only insofar as she perceives herself as such, and that nature does not define womanhood.

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The female is a woman insofar as she feels herself as such. Some essential biological givens are not part of her lived situation. For example, the structure of the ovum is not reflected in it.

Nature does not define woman. It is she who defines herself by reclaiming nature for herself in her affectivity.

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