The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir ; translated and edited by H.M. Parshley ; with an introduction by Margaret Crosland

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Introduction -- Select bibliography -- Chronology -- Author's introduction -- I. Facts and myths. Destiny : The data of biology ; The psychoanalytical point of view ; The point of view of historical materialism -- History : The nomads ; Early tillers of the soil ; Patriarchal times and classical antiquity ; Through the middle ages to eighteenth-century France ; Since the French Revolution: the job and the vote -- Myths : Dreams, fears, idols ; The myth of woman in five authors ; Myth and reality -- II. Woman's life today. Formative years : Childhood ; The young girl ; Sexual initiation ; The lesbian -- Situation : The married woman ; The mother ; Social life ; Prostitutes and hetairas ; From maturity to old age ; Woman's situation and character -- Justifications : The narcissist ; The woman in love ; The mystic -- Toward liberation : The independent woman -- Conclusion -- Index