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Simone de Beauvoir Quotes: A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.
         

A man attaches himself to woman -- not to enjoy her, but to enjoy himself.


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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.

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.



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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.



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All oppression creates a state of war.



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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.



When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.



I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.



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