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The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
First Published
1968
Subjects
Women
Sex
Feminism
Sexual Behavior
Non-Fiction
Gender
Gender Studies
Theory
Philosophy
Sociology
Classics
Cultural
France
Sexuality
Economics
Biology
Deuxième sexe (Beauvoir, Simone de)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism
New York Times reviewed
Féminisme
Society
Social sciences
Women's studies
Teori, filosofi
Genus (socialt kön)
Hq1208 .b352 1989
Reference
Dictionaries
Sex role
Description
**The Second Sex** (French: *Le Deuxième Sexe*) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949. She published the work in two volumes: *Facts and Myths* (*Les faits et les mythes*), and *Lived Experience* (*L’expérience vécue*). Some chapters first appeared in the journal *Les Temps modernes*. One of Beauvoir’s best-known books, *The Second Sex* is often regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy, and as the starting inspiration point of second-wave feminism.