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The Second Sex
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Essay Topics
What is the significance of the title The Second Sex? What does the title suggest about Simone de Beauvoir’s overall thesis?
In your own words, define the Other. Who is usually the Other? How does a group become an Other?
In the Introduction, Simone de Beauvoir discusses “existentialist morality” (16). Define “existentialist morality” in your own words based on Beauvoir’s description. How does this morality fit with Beauvoir’s description of women’s roles and female liberation?
