The Second Sex

"The Second Sex" af Simone De Beauvoir er en af feminismens første tekster, der udkom for første gang i 1949. I bogen skriver hun, at en kvinde er noget der bliver skabt af samfundet. Allerede for 70 år siden gjorde Simone De Beauvoir opmærksom på, at kvinden er fundamentalt mindre fri end mænd og at indlærte, gammeldags opfattelser af femininitet er med til at opretholde undertrykkelsen af kvinder. Med udgangspunkt i sociologi, biologi og antropologi, forklarer hun hvad kvinden burde gøre for at frigøre sig selv. "The Second Sex" er ligeså relevant en bog i dag, som da den oprindeligt udkom.

"The Second Sex" af Simone De Beauvoir er en af feminismens første tekster, der udkom for første gang i 1949. I bogen skriver hun, at en kvinde er noget der bliver skabt af samfundet. Allerede for 70 år siden gjorde Simone De Beauvoir opmærksom på, at kvinden er fundamentalt mindre fri end mænd og at indlærte, gammeldags opfattelser af femininitet er med til at opretholde undertrykkelsen af kvinder. Med udgangspunkt i sociologi, biologi og antropologi, forklarer hun hvad kvinden burde gøre for at frigøre sig selv. "The Second Sex" er ligeså relevant en bog i dag, som da den oprindeligt udkom.

'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman' First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration. Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Sex are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties.

'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman' First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration. Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Sex are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties.

The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. "From Eve's apple to Virginia Woolf's room of her own, Beauvoir's treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge." -- Vogue This unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir's pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.

The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. "From Eve's apple to Virginia Woolf's room of her own, Beauvoir's treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge." -- Vogue This unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir's pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.