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 destroying that notion of power.
To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future. - Simone De Beauvoir
To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.
- Simone De Beauvoir
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody. - Simone De Beauvoir
Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility. - Simone De Beauvoir
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
Jealousy is not contemptible, real love has a beak and claws. - Simone De Beauvoir
Jealousy is not contemptible, real love has a beak and claws.
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project - Simone De Beauvoir
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project
A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself. - Simone De Beauvoir
A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men. - Simone De Beauvoir
When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
You have to start from where you are today and from what can be done. - Simone De Beauvoir
You have to start from where you are today and from what can be done.
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.… - Simone De Beauvoir
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.…
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