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Men’s economic privilege, their social value, the prestige of marriage, the usefulness of masculine support—all these encourage women to ardently want...more

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One is not born a woman - one becomes one.

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Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands - two equally harmful disciplines.

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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion

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I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. ...more

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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 ...more

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Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were ...more

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The facts of religion were convincing only to those who were already convinced.

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Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.

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Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual wea...more

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Scriassine studied me in turn. "You're not so dumb, you know. Generally I dislike intelligent women, maybe because they're not intelligent enough. The...more

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Taking without being taken in the anguish of becoming prey is the dangerous game of adolescent feminine sexuality.

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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

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Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms...

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; the man who does not "understand" a woman is happy to replace his subjective deficiency with an objective resistance; instead of admitting his ignor...more