The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe, 1949) is the best known work of Simone de Beauvoir and a seminal text in twentieth-century feminism. It is a work on the treatment of women throughout history and often regarded as a major feminist work. In it, she argues that women throughout history have been defined as the "other" sex, an aberration from the "normal" male sex. It helped pave the way for second-wave feminism.

See also

• Androcentrism

External link

• 'The Second Sex' by Simone de Beauvoir (Free English Translation)

1949 books | Existentialism | Philosophy books | Feminism books

Das andere Geschlecht | El segundo sexo | Le Deuxième sexe | Det annet kjønn | Druga płeć | Det andra könet | 第二性