Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

It is perfectly natural for the future woman to feel indignant at the limitations posed upon her by her sex. The real question is not why she should reject them: the problem is rather to understand why she accepts them.

Simone de Beauvoir

• Problem
• Sex
• Limitations

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• It is perfectly natural for the future woman to feel indignant at the limitations posed upon her by her sex. The real question is not why she should reject them: the problem is rather to understand why she accepts them.

  

  Simone de Beauvoir
  • Problem
  • Sex
  • Limitations