num_pages: 287
description: In her forthright, incisive style, Simone de Beauvoir considers woman's role through the ages, her destiny, history, and the myths that have been built up around her. With ruthless logic, the author strips away the legends to show woman as she really is, a different kind of human being to man--the second sex.Woman has her special needs and nature, but they are often submerged and only partially understood by both sexes. Mlle de Beauvoir brings woman's nature into the open and discusses the dreams and fears with which she has been disquised. She dissects the opposing views of psychologists, historians and authors, finally exposing the core of the matter--biological fact.
language: English
title: Nature of the Second Sex
titlecomplete: Nature of the Second Sex
genres: Feminism
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Four Square Books