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Simone de Beauvoir

Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.

Simone de Beauvoir

Society

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Simone de Beauvoir is saying that society, created by men, labels women as less important or capable. She argues that women can only overcome this unfair status by challenging and removing the power men hold over them.

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