Simone de Beauvoir:

The fact that she is a woman has been a handicap for her in every respect.

— Simone de Beauvoir Modern

Feminist existentialism

Context

The Second Sex

Date / Period

1949

Source

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/833473-the-fact-that-she-is-a-woman-has-been

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