About this title: This triumphant and genuinely 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. Forty years later, it retains all of its vitality and passion.
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Description: Acceptable. Well-worn copy. Highlighting/notations in text. Slight water damage to text. Book is ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Description: Good. 1989-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: 7th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679724513ISBN:0679724516
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine hinge creased/ several pages have underlining and margin notes/ several pages and page tips creased. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679724513ISBN:0679724516
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean inside pages, tight binding, very good cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 800 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: S Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. Mass Market Paperback A Good copy. Creasing, light tearing, and edge/corner wear to wraps. Age discoloration to page edges. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Reissue. 1989 Paperback. Orders usually ship on or before next business day. May have highlighting. We send best copy available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.
Description: First American Edition. 8vo., 732pp., quarter blue over green cloth. Translated and edited by H. M. Parshley. Worn ex-library copy with front hinge cracked, all pages cockled and several pages dampstained. No jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-12-17
ISBN-13:9780679724513ISBN:0679724516
Description: Good. All books in Acceptable-Good condition. Books may NOT include Online Access Codes (InfoTrac, MyEconLab). Books MAY contain highliting/bent pages. We ship M-F. read more
"One of the most complex, confusing, and thought provoking book that I have ever read. Simone de Beauvior--one of the great philosophers of all time. This book truly makes you THINK and understand the dynamics of human interactions... between men and women. She brings a kind of truth that MOST of us either does not realize or by choice live between the clouds. Whatever the case, Ms. Beauvoir will make you think different as she sheds light on the most profound philosophical thoughts of this century. She takes every component of man and women and compares, contrast and explains in every sense the difference between the sexes. She argues that the perception of women is what makes them inferior to men--and proves to you how and why by using biology, history, and pyschology on this premise.
If you can find a good translated version of this book and are able to understand the writing.. then I promise.. you will be enlightened!"
"As a fundimental feminist text, this was actually a surprisingly interesting read. I disagreed with so much of it. Mostly I don't support the general idea that "liberty" and "what is natural" is always positive. In my opinion, women by nature of their biological position are always at a slight physical and general disadvantage (based on their need to undergo pregnancy, for example). Creating a system in which this basic problem is removed is an important step, but to call this new system "natural" was frustrating to me. This is not "liberation" in the sense that she means it, but the creation of equality. It is not our social systems that cause inequality, but biology. Our social systems must correct for biological inequity, and blaming them for causing or widening the biological issues is sort of silly. Not to mention that I felt her entire interpretation of the biological differences were silly (men and women put in an equal amount of effort in the creation of a child? really?)."
"I didn't read this book from cover to cover. See, I had to read this book because I was using feminism theory on my final thesis. But I do agree with Simone de Beauvoir's opinions that in many countries including Indonesia, women are positioned mostly as citizen number two who have less privileges than men do in so many aspects of life. What I dislike most is the double standards applied to women. It's not enough for a woman to be good at one aspect of her life, she has to be good in all aspects to be called a good woman. For example, if you are a successful career woman, it will worth nothing if you are not a good mother (knows how to do everything at home), a good wife, a good caretaker. It doesn't work that way for men. They are either good at work or good at home and that's OK. When they're good at both, they are superb, a super dad, a super husband. And what makes it worst is, many women agree with this way of thinking. Sad."
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