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The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

746 pages

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About this book

The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.

Themes
Eye-OpeningParadigm-ShiftingPhilosophy of LifeBecoming through freedomThe constructed OtherEmbodied existenceTranscending immanence
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