Counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIRThe oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.
More Simone de Beauvoir Quotes
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One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.
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Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.
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Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
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A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.
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The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
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It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.
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A man attaches himself to woman — not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
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If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male’s arrogance made it a discussion.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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All oppression creates a state of war. And this is no exception.
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If so few female geniuses are found in history, it is because society denies them any means of expression.
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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
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To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it’s hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.
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