The Second Sex
Publisher: Vintage
Published: December 17, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780679724513
Subjects: Feminism & Feminist Theory; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women; Sociology
First sentence: Woman? Very simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas: she is a womb, an ovary; she is a female-this word is sufficient to define her.
Description: This ... revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was. It ended up shocking, infuriating, and galvanizing millions of readers and dramatically revising the way women talk and think about themselves. Drawing extensive interviews with women of every age and station of life, masterfully synthesizing research about women's bodies and psyches as well as their historic and economic roles, [this book] is an encyclopedic and ... argued document of inequality and enforced "otherness."--P. [4] of cover.