“The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.”
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“In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.”
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“...her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
― Essays, Letters and Miscellanies
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