This advice is absurd. Precisely because the idea of femininity is artificially defined by customs and fashion, it is imposed on every woman from the outside. The individual is not free to shape the idea of femininity at will.
— Simone de Beauvoir Modern

Feminist existentialism

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From 'The Second Sex', critiquing the external imposition of femininity.

Date / Period

1949

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Humorous

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